Hi Cindy, I think that's probably a typo on the part of your library, as the copyright date should be 2002. It was written as the 9th book, but it really stands outside the series. "Hard Eight" was the 8th in the series, and it's followed by "To the Nines" and "Ten Big Ones." Dave At 09:29 PM 10/27/2004, you wrote: >I don't know if this helps, but the annotation from my >library's online catalog is this:" From the >bestselling author of "Seven Up" and "Hard Eight" >comes the perfect holiday gift. It's December in >Jersey, and Stephanie Plum has bigger problems than >the usual thugs, thieves, and hoodlums." >This seems to imply that it's the third book --but the >newest. I think it's just been published -- at least >it has a 2004 copyright date. > >Cindy