18. To the Nines, by Janet Evanovich

Entertaining, though I think this is the book where it became less about Stephanie's growth as a character and more about the weird cases she solves (in comic book time, because no one ever seems to age and the hamster has lived way beyond his natural lifespan).


"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”

- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland