- Stephanie Plum -
Bond enforcement agent and doughnut addict. She's Italian on her father's side, Hungarian on her mother's side, and Jersey through and through.
- Ranger -
In the bond enforcement game, he's the best. Not only that, he is also incredibly hot and smells great.
- Lula -
Possibly the worst bond enforcement agent around, but that's because she's a file clerk. At least she always has Stephanie's back.
- Roger Banker - Accused of grand theft auto, Roger missed his court date. That makes him FTA (failure to appear), so now Stephanie has to bring him in.
- Victor -
Pakistani day manager at the deli mart on Hamilton Ave.
- Joe Morelli -
A very sexy Trenton plainclothes cop. He has a long history with Stephanie and the two are currently living together.
- Andy Zajack -
A Trenton uniformed police officer. He was recently busted back from plainclothes for asking some embarrassing questions.
- Robin Russell -
A Trenton police officer, she is Andy Zajack's partner. Stephanie was one year ahead of Robin in school.
- Valerie -
Stephanie's sister. She recently moved into Stephanie's apartment with her two daughters and new baby. She hasn't got around to finding a place of her own yet.
- Albert Kloughn -
Valerie's boyfriend and father of her new baby. He and Valerie are enjoying a very sweet period in their relationship. He's her cuddle-umpkins.
- Connie -
Office manager at Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. She's 5'4" and looks like Betty Boop with a mustache.
- Harold Pancek -
He was arrested for getting drunk and trying to pee on someone's cat. Now he's missed his court date.
- Mrs. Gooding -
Owner of the cat that Mr. Pancek tried to take a leak on. Harold also managed to kill her favorite rosebush in his effort.
- Carol Cantell -
She is wanted for holding up a Frito-Lay truck. Apparently, she was on a low-carb diet and when she saw the truck parked in front of a store, she just snapped.
- Sally Sweet -
Transvestite rocker and friend of Stephanie. His file has turned up in Vinnie's office due to an assault charge.
- Vincent Plum -
Stephanie's cousin on her father's side and owner of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. His rating as a human being would be somewhere in the vicinity of pond slime.
- Harry the Hammer -
Prominent member of the local underworld. His only daughter is married to Vinnie.
- Grandma Mazur -
Stephanie's grandmother. She has the body of a soup chicken and a mind that defies description.
- Lorraine Schnagel -
She died recently and her viewing was at Stiva's. Unfortunately, it was a closed casket.
- Helen Plum -
Stephanie's mother. Having a bounty hunter for a daughter has been hard on her. She does a lot of ironing and pleading with God.
- Frank Plum -
Stephanie's father. Since cuddle-umpkins and oogie-woogie bear took the kids and moved to Stephanie's place, things are looking up for Frank. Now if he could only get rid of Grandma Mazur.
- Uncle Sandor -
Stephanie's great uncle. He left his '53 Buick Roadmaster to Grandma Mazur when he went to the nursing home. Now, Stephanie drives Big Blue whenever one of her cars gets wrecked.
- Eddie Gazarra -
Trenton cop and Stephanie's friend since childhood. He's a likable, blonde-haired chunk. He married Stephanie's cousin, Shirley the Whiner
- Traci Wenke -
Trenton gossip who gets fresh news from the police band.
- Myron Flatt -
Another Trenton resident who spend a lot of time listening to the police band.
- Elsa Downing -
She gets the gossip early because her daughter is a dispatcher.
- Mary Alice -
Valerie's daughter. Most of the time, she's a horse.
- Angie -
Valerie's older daughter.
- Bob the Dog -
A big, goofy, orange-haired beast who eats everything. He was Stephanie's dog but now he is kind of Morelli's.
- Rex -
Stephanie's faithful hamster.
- Aunt Rose -
Morelli's aunt. She left him her house when she passed away.
- Cindy -
Carol Cantell's sister.
- Marty Skylar -
High school jock that sally Sweet clobbered with his guitar. Sally says that Skyler was hitting on him.
- Barbara Jean Biabloki -
Pom-pom queen who married Marty Skyler.
- Melvin Biabloki -
Marty Skylar's father in law. He owns a huge Toyota dealership on South Broad Street.
- Eugene Brown -
A guy who ended up on the hood of Stephanie's car after a dustup on Comstock Street. He's been arrested so many times, he's like family at Vinnie's office.
- Mrs. Wexler -
A gossip with a very fast dialing finger.
- Mrs. Rodgers -
Another hard-working Trenton gossip.
- Leslie Giovichinni -
She works the register at Giovichinni's market.
- Loretta Stonehouser, Rita Metzger, and Margaret Durski -
Potential bridesmaids at Valerie and Kloughn's wedding.
- Grandma Bella -
Morelli's nutty grandmother. She has some Italian voodoo thing called "The Eye" and she gets visions, usually of a disturbing nature.
- Lowanda Jones -
One of Roger Banker's friends. She does phone sex out of her apartment, and keeps a pack of dogs that will hump anything.
- Beverly Barber -
Lowanda's sister. She's another lady who sometimes puts Roger banker up.
- Marjorie Best and Charmaine Williamson -
Two more women in Roger Banker's long list of places to stay when he's on the run.
- Tank -
One of Ranger's merry men. He's huge and has a shaved head that looks like it's been buffed with Pledge.
- Lois Krishewitz -
She used to own a house that Valerie and Kloughn are thinking about renting.
- Esther Hamish -
She bought the rental from Lois with insurance money from her husband Harry's death.
- Renee Platt -
She works behind the counter of The Tasty Pastry.
- Lou Raguzzi -
Trenton mobster who is pretending to be down on his luck because the IRS is auditing him.
- Charley Whitehead -
He's being laid out at Stiva's. It should be a good viewing because he was in The Knights of Columbus.
- Mooch Morelli -
Joe's cousin.
- Mrs. Zuch -
Another Burg gossip who gets all the juicy news.
- Grizwaldi -
Owner of the dog that Harold Pancek claims actually killed Mrs. Gooding's rosebush.
- Gus Chianni -
Trenton cop who is one of Morelli's longtime drinking buddies.
- Joe Juniak -
Congressman from Trenton.
- Hog -
Guy who owns some property on Fisher. He sells crappy cars of questionable origin.
- Greasy Lovey -
Another shady car dealer.
- Junkman -
Contract killer brought in from California by a local gang.
- Midgie Herrel -
One of Grandma Mazur's friends.
- Anton Ward -
High bond FTA who was arrested for stabbing his girlfriend.
- Shoshanna Brown -
FTA wanted for possession. She only gets caught when she needs some dental work from the work house.
- Jamil Rodriguez -
FTA who was picked up for shoplifting. When he was arrested he had a Glock, a box cutter, a sandwich bag filled with Ecstasy, and a human thumb in a vial of formaldehyde.
- Francine Taylor -
She secured Anton Ward's bond, putting her house up as collateral.
- Lauralene Taylor -
Francine Taylor's daughter. She is very pregnant with Anton Ward's child.
- The Krezwickis -
Frank and Helen Plum's next door neighbors.
- Aunt Stella -
Stephanie's rotund aunt.
- Carl Costanza -
Trenton uniformed cop who takes a special joy in witnessing Stephanie's disasters.
- Mrs. Ciak -
Frank and Helen Plum's neighbor.
- Violet -
A relative of Stephanie's who was nice and thin until she was 30 and then ballooned up.
- Bobby V -
Guy who works at Marsilio's.
- Alan -
Owner of Marsilio's.
- Anthony -
Connie's cousin who knows about things like how to stuff someone in the trunk of your car.
- Ella and Louis Guzman -
They manage Ranger's RangeMan headquarters in Trenton. Ella does housekeeping.
- Latisha Anne -
Shoshanna Brown's neighbor.
- Hector Santini -
Trenton thug who stiffed Jamil Rodriguez on a drug deal.
- Maria Raguzzi -
Owner of The Bride Shoppe, where Valerie and the bridesmaids are being fitted for the wedding.
- Moody Black -
Former top guy in the Trenton area Slayers.
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