Stephanie Plum - Bounty hunter, Jersey Girl, wearer of slutty shoes. Notable quote: "Bullets are creepy."

Lula - Retired hooker and part-time file clerk. She packs heat and isn't afraid to use her full-figured womanhood to assist on a take-down. Notable quote: "Suppose something goes wrong? Suppose you need a big full-figure woman like me to help straighten things out?"

Vincent "Vinnie" Plum - Proprietor of Vincent Plum Bail Bonding Company. He looks like a weasel, thinks like a weasel, and smells like a French whore.

Connie Rosolli - Office manager of Vicent Plum Bail Bonding Company. 100% Italian girl with high hair and lots of lipstick.

Joyce Barnhardt - Stephanie Plum's arch-rival, newly hired by Vinnie as a bounty hunter. Once a fat kid with a bad overbite, now she's a hussy who's fat in all the right places. She is somewhat prone to "fainting spells".

Harry the Hammer - Vinnie's notorious father-in-law. His job title is "expediter," which means he spends a lot of time with men in fedoras and long black overcoats.

Maxine Nowicki - Stephanie's latest FTA. She was charged with stealing her boyfriend's car, but there's more to that story.

Eddie Kuntz - Maxine Nowicki's (ex)boyfriend. Steroid-pumped knucklehead who thinks he has a way with women. He claims that he wants Stephanie to track down some "love letters" that he wrote for Maxine.

Margie - Maxine's friend, who worked with her at The Silver Dollar Diner.

Mrs. Pease - Margie's downstairs neighbor.

Mrs. Nowicki - Maxine's mom. She's a hard-drinking, heavy smoking lady with a bad "haircut".

Lennie Smulenski - Baker at the Tasty Pastry, where Stephanie used to work.

Anthony Zuck - Another baker at the Tasty Pastry.

Joe Morelli - Once a lecherous little kid, then a dangerous teen. Now he's a vice cop who looks like he knows a lot about it firsthand. He's a Buddy Holly fan. Notable quote: "You're going to find this hard to believe, but cops aren't required to carry emergency condoms."

Mr. Landowsky - 82 year-old tenant of Stephanie's building who hikes his pants up to his armpits. Notable quote: "And then it gets so hot that they keep the supermarkets too cold. Hot, cold. Hot, cold. It gives me the runs."

Rex - Stephanie's hamster. He likes grapes, his soup can, and long runs on his wheel.

Mrs. Plum - Stephanie's mom. She's the stereotypical burg housewife. She can't figure out where she went wrong with Stephanie.

Grandma Mazur - Stephanie's grandma. She's an old babe who packs a .45 and still knows how to have a good time. Notable quote: "I met a real looker. He picked me up at the two dollar slot machines, so you know he's no cheapskate."

Mr. Plum - Stephanie's father. He eats, he mumbles, he digs American cars. Notable quote: "Some men go a lifetime and never have their kid blow up a car, but I have a daughter who's knocked off three cars and burned down a funeral home. Maybe that's some kind of record."

Mr. Kleinschmidt - He lives in 315 in Stephanie's building. He is a master of crosswords.

Lorraine Klausner - She lives on the first floor of Stephanie's building. Sally Sweet's aunt.

Salvatore "Sally" Sweet - Cross-dressing lead guitarist for The Lovelies. He has a talent for cracking codes and cussing. Notable quote: "You're probably gonna find this hard to believe, but I was sort of weird when I was a kid."

Gregory Stern - AKA "Sugar". Sugar is the "band tart" for the Lovelies, and Sally Sweet's roommate.

Carlos - Acquaintance of Eddie Kuntz who operates heavy equipment. He makes a big mess in the parking lot at Cluck in a Bucket.

Mr. Markowitz - Tenant of Stephanie's building.

Ranger - Grade A bounty hunter. He is a Cuban-American, former special forces with a body like Schwartzenegger and a 200 watt smile. Notable quote: "This isn't just a job. This is a service profession. We uphold the law, babe."

Sammy the Gimp - Member of the Trenton underworld who recently bought the farm.

Kenny Martin - Minor league loser charged with armed robbery, now gone FTA.

Vito Grizolli - Prominent Trenton crime figure. He is responsible for many bodies sent to the landfill.

Terry Gilman - Former prom queen and professional cheerleader. Now she works for Vito Grizolli in an undetermined, highly paid capacity.

Carl Costanza - Friend of Stephanie since grade school. He was the kid with a bad haircut and a wise mouth. Now he's a decent person and a pretty good cop.

Mrs. Williams - One of Stephanie's neighbors.

Mrs. Balog - Another one of Stephanie's neighbors.

Evelyn Krutchka - She lives on the third floor of Stephanie's building. Rumor is that her arteries are nearly turned to stone.

Ernie Wall - Lives with his girlfriend May in Stephanie's building.

May - Ernie Wall's girlfriend.

Marion - Stephanie's cousin who works at the bank where Maxine Nowicki has an account.

Helen Badijian - Night manager at a 7-11 where Maxine Nowicki was recently spotted.

Mrs. Bestler - She lives on the third floor of Stephanie's building. Sometimes she forgets where she lives.

Leo and Betty Glick - Eddie Kuntz's aunt and uncle. They rent Eddie the other half of their building.

Mrs. Karwatt, Mrs. Delgado, Mr. Weinstein, Leanne Kokoska, Mrs. Stinkowski - Residents of Stephanie's building.

Dillon Ruddick- Stephanie's building super. He'll fix anything for a smile and a beer.

Mrs. Crandle - Acquaintance that Stephanie runs into at the grocery store.

Arnold Kyle - Owner of the 7-11 where Helen Badijian works.

Mrs. Zuppa - Resident of Stephanie's building. She packs a 9mm.

Mrs. Burlew - Resident of Stephanie's building who owns a dog..

Uncle Lou - Notorious member of the Plum clan who used to blow up cars when he worked for Joey the Squid.

Joey the Squid - Shady character who owned a bunch of car lots. He had a war of sorts with the Grinaldi brothers who also owned a bunch of car lots.

Willy Fuchs - He got "clipped" by the Grinaldi brothers, who suspected him of blowing up their cars.

The Grinaldi Brothers - Trenton crime figures who conducted a war of sorts with Joey the Squid over the Trenton car business.

Muriel Slickowsky - An acquaintance of Mrs. Plum. Her son is a locksmith.

Harry Meaker - Elderly high roller that Grandma Mazur meets at the $2 slots in Atlantic City.

Kenny Zale - Fireman that Stephanie knows from high school.

Mickey Zale - Kenny's brother. Stephanie dated him in high school.

John Petrucci - Trenton fire marshal Friend of Stephanie's.

Mrs. Baumgarten - Tenant of Stephanie's building who once set her Christmas tree on fire.

Valerie- Stephanie's perfect sister. She is married, has two kids, and knows how to cook a chicken.

Mary Lou - Stephanie's best friend since birth.

Leonard Stankovic - Mary Lou's knuckle-dragging husband. He was the captain of the football team in high school.

Aunt Rose - Joe Morelli's dearly departed aunt. She left her house to Joe.

Angie Morelli - Joe Morelli's mother. She is a feared and revered figure in the burg. A housewife of epic proportions.

Karen Ruzinski - Joyce Barnhardt's cousin, newly made assistant bounty hunter.

Marlene Cwik - Another of Joyce's cronies and now assistant bounty hunter.

Ramond Cone - Guy who got "the eye" from Grandma Bella and all of his hair fell out.

Susan Elizabeth - Karen Ruzinki's daughter. She starts school this year.

Ed Crandle - Man who lives across the street from Mr. and Mrs. Plum. He sells insurance.

Norvil Thompson - FTA who held up a liquor store and then passed out in the parking lot (again). He is known for his unconventional self-defense.

Regina and Deborah - Ladies who live downstairs in Norvil's building.

Hanson - Associate of Ranger who once got a little too close to Norvil Thompson's "weapon".

Mary Jo Krazinski - Girl that Stephanie and Morelli knew as kids. She had ringworm.

Grandma Bella - Joe Morelli's grandmother. She has the ability to "put the eye" on people, with horrifying effects. She also has visions.

Diane Fripp - Woman who was a victim of "the eye" of Grandma Bella. She had her period non-stop for three months.

Aunt Mary Elizabeth - Grandma Bella's younger sister. She is a retired nun who drinks highballs and smokes cigarettes.

Tina Ragusto - Joe Morelli's godmother.

Aunt Loretta - Joe's aunt. Nice little Italian lady.

Ziggy Kozak - Man whose house was machine-gunned into Swiss cheese.

Evelyn - Stephanie's cousin, who works at Helen Fuld hospital.

Edna Majewski - Works at the Polish National Hall.

Bernie - Hairy little troll who works at a supermarket and sells wacky tobaccy on the side.

Mooch Morelli - Joe's cousin.

Roice - Trenton police officer who is charged with watching over Stephanie and Sally.

Jones - Guy who Mr. Plum knows from work. He also drives a cab.

Mr. Alexander - He runs a hair place at the mall where Stephanie usually goes to get her hair done.

Grossman - Trenton cop who helps Morelli out with some surveillance.

Dolly - Woman who runs Clip and Curl, where Grandma Mazur goes to get her hair done.

Myrna Olsen and Doris Zayle - Customers of Clip and Curl.

Thelma Klapp - Gossip hound who spread reports of an unfortunate encounter that Stephanie had at a senior home.

John - Sugar's ex-boyfriend.

Gene - Guy who brought his wife to The Liberty Ballroom to see her slow dance with a woman.

Nathan Russo and Joe Costa - Associates of Leo Glick.