Crime

Crime is central to the novel Hot Six by Janet Evanovich; however, the novel is comedic in nature, and the criminals within the story are written as such. Stephanie Plum is a bond enforcement agent or bounty hunter, and the people that she comes in contact with for her job vary from petty criminals to murderers and drug dealers.

A main plot in the novel is murder of Homer Ramos. Ranger, a co-worker of Stephanie's, is wanted by the police as a person of interest for the murder. The Ramos family is well known in the area as gun dealers. Stephanie has several run-ins with Alexander Ramos the patriarch of the family, as well as with Hannibal, the oldest son. Though Ranger tries to keep Stephanie in the dark regarding the situation, her natural tendency to snoop winds up getting her involved. Another character, Arturro Stolle drags Stephanie...