Stephanie Plum has to track down the people who murdered a famous chef while helping Ranger figure out who is burglarizing people with Rangeman accounts. Note: This book should not be read when you're hungry -- not with so many barbecue descriptions, however weird they turn out.
40. Bad Monkey, by Carl Hiaasen
A former police officer demoted to restaurant inspector after very publically attacking his girlfriend's obnoxious husband investigates a gruesome murder in an effort to get his job back. There's a bizarre twist on the murder that I didn't see coming. Oh, and the eponymous bad monkey winds up being one of the heroes.
"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.”
