Ken Globovic (aka Gobbles), unofficial student leader, has been arrested for beating up the dean of students at Kiltman College. Gobbles has missed his court date and gone into hiding, but no one will talk. Things just aren't adding up, and Stephanie Plum can't shake the feeling that something funny is going on at the college.

When Doug Linken is gunned down, the list of possible murder suspects is long. The only people who care about finding Linken's killer are Trenton cop Joe Morelli, security expert Ranger, and Stephanie, who has her eye on a cash prize and hopefully has some tricks up her sleeve...