Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie’s opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey. She’s a product of the “burg,” a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, windows are clean, and (God … clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six.
Now Stephanie’s all grown up and out on her own, living five miles from Mom and Dad’s, doing her best to sever the world’s longest umbilical cord. Her mother is a meddler, and her grandmother is a few cans short of a case.
Out of work and out of money, with her Miata repossessed and her refrigerator empty, Stephanie blackmails her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, into giving her a try as an apprehension agent. Stephanie knows zilch about the job requirements, but she figures her new pal, fearless bounty hunter Ranger, can teach her what it takes to catch a crook.
Her first assignment: nail Joe Morelli, a former vice cop on the run from a charge of murder one. Morelli is also the irresistible macho pig who took Stephanie’s virginity at age sixteen and then wrote the details on the bathroom wall of Mario’s Sub Shop. There’s still powerful chemistry between these two, so the chase should be interesting.
It could also be extremely dangerous, especially when Stephanie encounters a heavyweight title contender who likes to play rough. Benito Ramirez is known for his brutality to women. At the very least, his obsession with Stephanie complicates her manhunt and brings terror and uncertainty into her life. At worst, it could lead to murder.
Witty, fresh, and full of surprises, One for the Money is among the most eagerly awaited crime novels of the season.
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This book was entertaining from beginning to end. The protagonist is really bad at her job, stupid and reckless, but it makes for interesting scenarios.
I have enjoyed the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum novels for years. I love the humor and characters that run through each of her numbered series. This is the first one.
Laugh out loud funny!
Simply hilarious!
Great author and book !
This numbered series is the funniest I have ever read. I have read every one in the series. Number 6 was by far the funniest!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED every Janet Evanovich book I’ve read! Most of them have had me laughing so hard I could hardly breathe!
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Anyone who has read any of the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich knows that it’s impossible to read them without breaking out in laughter several times throughout the books. Stephanie has lost her job as a buyer for a department store and ends up working for her cousin Vinnie in the Bail Bonds Office. Chaos ensues. Stephanie is terrible at her job but between the incredibly sexy Ranger, another bond enforcer, and Joe, the very sexy cop, she manages to stay alive. I highly recommend that if you haven’t already sampled Evanovich’s work, you give it at least a 3 book try. If you aren’t hooked by the end of the first, you will be by the end of the third. Well worth the read.
What great characters. Love the Stephanie Plum books! Waiting for the next story.
Great and funny series by Janet Evanovich
LOVE these books. Always looking forward to the next adventure.
I love Stephanie Plum and her wonderful cast of characters.
All of this series is fun! I look forward to each time a new Stephanie Plum book arrives, she and grandma are entertaining!
I have read the entire Stephanie Plum series and laughed loud. Gramma is a hoot
If you read one you will want to read them all.
Janet Evanovich writes funny entertaining books. This is one of her first books in this series. It was great and so are the ones following. Her older books are the best. You just laugh through them.
Great book to add to her series. Love following her characters.
The first in the Stephanie Plum series, and it was good enough to get me to read the second and then the third book in the series. Evanovich developed the characters better in later books in the series. I’ve read or listened to the series up to book 25.
Love it!!