Visions of Sugar Plums Setting & Symbolism

Visions of Sugar Plums Objects/Places

Stephanie Plum's apartment

Stephanie Plum's apartment is one of twelve apartments in a three story red brick utilitarian apartment building located in Trenton. It is the site of many home invasions, torrid affairs, and the place where Stephanie often hides out from fugitives, or maybe even Morelli.

Although the apartment has good security, people are always popping in and out even when the deadbolt is turned. Regardless of what Stephanie might be doing, Morelli may saunter in using his key, Ranger or Diesel may simply appear, or various criminals may manage to crawl in the window through the fire escape.

The one bedroom apartment is sparsely furnished and usually contains little to no food save leftovers from Helen Plum's kitchen.

The Plum Family Home

The Plum family home is located in Chambersburg, a suburb of Trenton, NJ. Stephanie and Valerie grew up in the right half of the intensely ugly clapboard house, with two traditional parents...
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