character profile

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To the Nines
  • Stephanie Plum - Born and raised in the Chambersburg section of Trenton, Stephanie is a bounty hunter with uncanny instincts and a knack for attracting disaster. She's tough, she's sexy and she almost never shoots people.
  • Joe Morelli - Trenton cop who shares a long and racy history with Stephanie Plum. His relationship with Stephanie is currently in the fast lane.
  • Punk Balog - FTA who gives Stephanie and Lula the "full moon" and more.
  • Lula - Filing clerk at Vinnie's office. She's a plus sized black woman in a size seven white world. She's all attitude all the time. Right now, she's aspiring to be a super model.
  • Vincent Plum - Vinnie runs a Trenton bail bonding company and employs his cousin Stephanie Plum. He's not the best bail bondsman and he's not the worst. There can be no doubt that he's a world class sleaze.
  • Grandma Mazur - Stephanie's cooky grandmother. When Grandpa Mazur cashed in his two dollar chips and moved on to the High Rollers' Suite in the sky, she moved in with Stephanie's parents.
  • Valerie - Stephanie's sister. She's recently divorced, very pregnant and very hungry. To Frank Plum's great dismay, she and her daughters have moved in with the parents.
  • Helen Plum - Stephanie's mother. Her house has been an asylum lately and she is a bit out of sorts. She insists that she is not menopausal, despite what Grandma Mazur says.
  • Frank Plum - Stephanie's father. His suffering since Grandma Mazur moved in is nothing compared to the suffering he has experienced since Valerie moved in with her kids.
  • Connie Rosolli - Vinnie's office manager and guard dog. She's a couple years older and a couple inches shorter than Stephanie, and she has Steph by three cup sizes.
  • Samuel Singh - He is in the states on a three month work visa and Vinnie wrote a bond insuring that he will leave when his visa is up. Problem is, he's disappeared and nobody knows where to look for him.
  • Mrs. Apusenja - Indian woman who rented a room to Samuel Singh. She has planned for her daughter to marry Samuel.
  • Nonnie - Mrs. Apusenja's daughter. She works at Classy Nails at the mall. She isn't very distraught over Singh's disappearance, but she does want to know where her dog went.
  • Boo - Nonnie's little dog. He went missing at the same time that Samuel Singh disappeared.
  • Ranger - Always armed and dangerous, Ranger is Vinnie's top gun. The story goes that he used to be special forces.
  • Andrew Cone - Singh's boss at TriBro Tech. He's a regular family guy who owns the business with his two brothers.
  • Dianne and Evelyn - Andrew Cone's two sisters.
  • Bart Cone - Andrew Cone's brother. He's a surly guy with a suspicious past.
  • Clyde Cone - Andrew Cone's goofy geek of a brother. He is part owner of TriBro tech as well.
  • Mary Lou - Stephanie's best friend since birth. Now she's married with a pack of kids.
  • Rex - Stephanie's hamster roommate. He lives in a glass aquarium on the kitchen counter.
  • Lillian Paressi - Woman who was murdered near Washington's Crossing State Park. Bart Cone was charged with the murder, but later the charges were dropped.
  • Ann Kilmer - Samuel Singh's supervisor at TriBro Tech.
  • Jane Locorelli - A co-worker of Singh's at TriBro Tech. She's worked at TriBro for 31 years, the poor woman.
  • Dolly Freedman - Another of Singh's co-workers at TriBro.
  • Edgar - A TriBro employee who does stress testing.
  • Alice Louise - Another TriBro employee.
  • Albert Kloughn - Valerie's boyfriend and boss. He's pink, round and easily flub-a-dubbed.
  • Angie - Valerie's daughter. She's nine years old and perfectly behaved.
  • Mary Alice - Valerie's other daughter. She's seven years old and a bit wilder than Angie. She also thinks she's a horse.
  • Howie - Someone that Singh was looking for just before he went missing.
  • Aunt Rose - Morelli's aunt. She left her house to him when she passed on.
  • Bob - Morelli's dog, handed down to him from Stephanie. He's big and scruffy and lovable.
  • Grandma Bella - Morelli's grandmother. She's little, Italian and very frightening. She has visions and a mysterious power known as "The Eye".
  • Mrs Friolli - Lady who lives two doors down from Morelli.
  • Mrs. Morelli - Joe's mother. She's 5'4" in heels but you'd never know it from her commanding presence. She's a fierce guardian of the Morelli clan.
  • Sonji Kluchori - A woman that Lula knows from her previous life as a ho. Sonji is a crackhead, always looking for her next fix.
  • Benito Ramirez - An insane boxer who once beat Lula within an inch of her life.
  • Carl Costanza - Trenton cop who always seems to get the call when Stephanie has triggered another disaster.
  • Big Dog - Carl Costanza's partner.
  • Elaine Mirvardi - A Burg gossip. She has a nice daughter who never shoots people.
  • Lucille Rice - Burg woman who also has a daughter that never shoots people.
  • Tank - Ranger's right hand man. He's around 6'6" and he's built like... a tank.
  • Mrs. Herrel - Older lady who lives in Joe's neighborhood.
  • Mrs. Gudge - Another lady who lives in Joe's neighborhood.
  • Mabel Burlew - Grandma Mazur's friend.
  • Lois Grizen - A friend of Grandma Mazur who has experimented with hair loss treatments.
  • Mitchell Farber - Recently deceased gentleman. He's laid out at Stiva's.
  • Bailey Scrugs - Guy who used to go out with Lillian Paressi.
  • Loretta Beeber - A Burg gossip.
  • Terry Gilman - Morelli's old flame from high school. Now she has a shady job with a local organized crime figure.
  • Mrs. Brodsky - Morelli's neighbor.
  • Joyce Barnhardt - Stephanie's arch-enemy. They have always had problems but recently Joyce took a job from Vinnie and things escalated.
  • Bobby V - Guy who is always on hand at Marsilio's, but its hard to say what his job is.
  • Carl Rosen - Lillian Paressi's neighbor. They were close friends.
  • Les Sebring - Vinnie's competition in the bail bonds racket.
  • Ray Smiley - A guy who sells pork chops out of the back of his Pontiac.
  • Ollie - AKA "Blubber Butt". Trenton cop who's the primary on the Lillian Paressi murder case.
  • Vito Grecci - Mob bagman who used to live in the other half of Connie's duplex. His half of the house mysteriously burned down after one of his bags came up light.
  • Gus and Wayne - A couple of Elvis impersonators in Vegas for a convention.
  • Louise Califonte - Casino manager who knows Samuel Singh's whereabouts.
  • Susan Lu - A cocktail waitress at Caesar's who knows Samuel Singh.
  • Erik Salvatora - One of Ranger's associates.
  • Miguel - Another of Ranger's associates. Erik Salvatora's partner.
  • Mary Elizabeth - Morelli's great-aunt. She's a chain smoking booze hound and a retired nun.
  • Cathy - Morelli's sister.
  • Uncle Mario - Morelli's uncle.
  • Butchy Salazar - FTA who ran over another guy after a fight over a woman.
  • Ryan Mott - Guy who got ran over by Butchy Salazar.
  • Candace Lalor - The woman that Butchy and Ryan were fighting over.
  • Mrs. Bestler - 200 year old woman who lives in Stephanie's building. She likes to joyride in the elevator.
  • Steven Wegan - First time FTA, charged with rape.
  • Cal - One of Ranger's Merry Men, given the unfortunate task of watching over Stephanie.
  • Father Gabriel - Priest at Helen Plum's church.
  • Julie Singer - Julie Wisneski now. She's an old schoolmate of Valerie.
  • Whiskey - Julie Wisneski's husband. Valerie used to have a crush on him in school.
  • Steven Klein - AKA "The Fisher Cat". Sinister character linked to Samuel Singh.
  • Lisa - Valerie and Kloughn's new baby. She was a breech birth.
  • Ed Silver - A Trenton cop.
  • Alexander Dubkowski - Known as Mr. Alexander. He's been doing Stephanie's hair for a couple of years. He's good, but even he can't handle everything Stephanie's hair has gone through.
  • Roger Pitch - FTA charged with assault with a deadly weapon and armed robbery.
  • Lois Kelner - The Plum's neighbor from across the street.
  • Joe Juniak - Former Trenton police chief. Now he's running for Mayor.
  • Mr. Galucci - An older guy who lives in Morelli's neighborhood.
  • Harry Farnsworth - Frank Plum's friend. Things have gotten so bad at Frank's house that he's thinking about moving in with Harry.
  • Junior - Another one of Ranger's Merry Men.
  • Tommy Galucci - Famous Trenton mob boss.
  • Uncle Spud - Another Trenton mob figure.
  • Mrs. Lukach - Morelli's next door neighbor.
  • Bobby Bartalucci - Woman that Grandma Bella saw in a vision.

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