Hard Eight deviated from the standard Stephanie Plum goes on a simple F.T.A case, which turns out is not so simple, and hi-jinks ensued. In this one, Stephanie has to deal with a child custody bond when a divorced mother and her young daughter disappear. Complicating matters are Det. Morelli, who Stephanie is no longer in a relationship with, and Ranger, who Stephanie wants to do something with, snakes in the bedroom, spiders in a car, and a killer rabbit. 
 I don't what it was about Hard Eight but I had about 6 or 7 laugh out loud moments. I definitely scared some people on the subway platform. Evanovich is a great job with pacing and humor and seriousness. I highly enjoyed this novel and I can't wait to read the next one.