Stephanie sets out for Vegas, accompanied by her sidekick Lula and Vinnie's secretary, Connie Rossoli. Stephanie only gets more nervous when she questions Lillian Paressi's friend, who remembers that Lillian also received a bouquet of carnations and roses.Īndrew Cone excitedly calls Stephanie to tell her that Singh has applied for a job in Las Vegas, and his prospective employer called TriBro for a reference. While she is questioning him outside the restaurant, a passing motorist shoots him between the eyes. She also receives some rather creepy emails.īased on the Apusenjas' description of his habits, Stephanie identifies Singh's only friend, an Indian man named Howie that works at a nearby McDonald's.

Circumstantial evidence tied him to the crime scene, but the indictment was dismissed when the DNA evidence proved negative.Īfter returning home from TriBro, Stephanie is unnerved to find a bouquet of white carnations and red roses, accompanied by photographs of a murdered woman. Her boyfriend, Joe Morelli, does a background check and finds that Bart Cone was a suspect in the unsolved murder of a woman named Lillian Paressi. While Andrew is helpful and Clyde is very enthusiastic about the case, Bart Cone gives Stephanie the creeps. Partnered with Ranger, Stephanie begins with TriBro, Singh's workplace, owned by three brothers, Andrew, Bart and Clyde Cone. She claims Singh is engaged to her daughter, Nonnie, but Nonnie appears more concerned for her dog, 'Boo,' who went missing at the same time. Apusenja, insists that Vinnie track him down. Now he has gone missing, and his landlord, Mrs. Stephanie's cousin and boss, Vinnie, has written the visa bond for Samuel Singh, an Indian immigrant working temporarily in New Jersey.

The title appears to come from the common phrase, ' dressed to the nines'. She's got all the normal concerns in life: the rent, her family, men yet all of her concerns are topped by the minor fact that someone is usually trying to kill her.Įxplanation of the novel's title Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter and amateur detective, who with a combination of luck and intuition usually gets the job done (though often by accident). To the Nines appeared on the USA Today list of 150 best-selling novels for 17 weeks, peaking at number 2. Written in 2003, it's the second book in a row that doesn't revolve around a criminal bond, and the first to take Stephanie out of New Jersey and into the neon glitz of Las Vegas. To the Nines is the ninth novel by Janet Evanovich featuring the bounty hunter Stephanie Plum.

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