Eleven on Top is the eleventh novel by Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich is an American writer. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring Stephanie Plum, a lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who becomes a bounty hunter to...

 featuring the bounty hunter Stephanie Plum

Stephanie Plum

Stephanie Plum is a fictional character and the protagonist in a series of novels written by Janet Evanovich. She is a spunky combination of Nancy Drew and Dirty Harry, and - although a female bounty hunter - is the opposite of Domino Harvey...

. It was published in June 2005, and quickly became a #1 best-seller, remaining on the USA Today

USA Today

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 list of 150 best-selling novels for 19 weeks.

Plot summary

Stephanie Plum has had enough. Enough of bounty hunting, enough of being constantly shot at, and enough of having her cars blown up on a semi-regular basis.

So, she retires.

But she's not done with the bounty-hunting business yet..

Someone is, once again, attempting to kill her. It's someone she knows, and someone who knows her too well.

In between short, ill-fated periods working at a button factory, the Kan-Kleen Dry-Cleaning Service, and serving chicken at Cluck-in-a-Bucket, Plum must survive the various attempts on her life while trying to discover who wants to kill her this time.

Adding to her troubles is a very protective on-and-off boyfriend, an only semi-functional family, and Lula, ex-prostitute-turned-bounty-hunter, who only barely has a grasp on the finer side of the job.

All in all, she thinks it's a fairly normal day.

Characters

• Stephanie Plum
  Stephanie Plum
  Stephanie Plum is a fictional character and the protagonist in a series of novels written by Janet Evanovich. She is a spunky combination of Nancy Drew and Dirty Harry, and - although a female bounty hunter - is the opposite of Domino Harvey...
  
  - the protagonist, a fugitive apprehension agent who quits her job and works at a button factory, Kan Klean dry cleaner, and a fast food restaurant known as Cluck-in-a-Bucket. She is in a love triangle with Ranger and Joe Morelli, and is part of a somewhat-unorthodox family.
• Valerie - Stephanie's sister, who is to be married.
• Vinnie - Stephanie's cousin, the bail bondsman in a Trenton, NJ district called the Burg.
• Ranger - a bounty hunter whom Stephanie ends up working for.
• Joe Morelli - a tough Trenton cop who is Stephanie's on/off boyfriend.
• Lula - Stephanie's foul-mouthed sidekick and former prostitute.
• Grandma Mazur - Stephanie's grandmother.
• Grandma Bella -Joe's grandma. Rumored to give the eye which enables her to curse people. She also has visions.
• Mama Macaroni - Stephanie's former employer. She was the owner of Kan Klean until she blew up when she stole Stephanie's car.
• Frank Plum - Stephanie's father
• Constantine Stiva - Spiro's father and owner of the Burg's favorite funeral home
• Rex - Stephanie's pet hamster.

This book makes mention of Spiro Stiva . It is the first time since book #2 that his name is mentioned or his whereabouts questioned.

Car death

• Saturn that was blown up with Mama Macaroni in it.
• Joe's SUV (make unmentioned). In garage that got bombed.