false 6853 34 Stephanie Plum is so smart, so honest, and so funny that her narrative charm could drive a documentary on termites. But this tough gal from New Jersey, an unemployed discount lingerie buyer, has a much more interesting story to tell: She has to say that her Miata has been repossessed and that she's so poor at the moment that she just drank her last bottle of beer for breakfast. She has to say that her only chance out of her present rut is her repugnant cousin Vinnie and his bail-bond business. She has to say that she blackmailed Vinnie into giving her a bail-bond recovery job worth $10,000 (for a murder suspect), even though she doesn't own a gun and has never apprehended a person in her life. And she has to say that the guy she has to get, Joe Morelli, is the same creep who charmed away her teenage virginity behind the pastry case in the Trenton bakery where she worked after school.<p> If that hard-luck story doesn't sound compelling enough, Stephanie's several unsuccessful attempts at pulling in Joe make a downright hilarious and suspenseful tale of murder and deceit. Along the way, several more outlandish (but unrelentingly real) characters join the story, including Benito Ramirez, a champion boxer who seems to be following Stephanie Plum wherever she goes.<p> Janet Evanovich shares an authentic feel for the streets of Trenton in her debut mystery (she developed her talents in a string of romance novels before creating Ms. Plum), and her tough, frank, and funny first-person narrator offers a winning mix of vulgarity and sensitivity. Evanovich is certainly among the best of the new voices to emerge in the mystery field of the 1990s. <I>--Patrick O'Kelley</I> 1486401 book 1994 One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) total:19737|5:6677|4:7546|3:4427|2:824|1:263| 19737 78761 23882 2889 5 8 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 30 10:33:28 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 21 09:05:22 -0700 2009 This first book in the series made me jump outright on the Stephan...more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Apr 14 10:53:15 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 11:12:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 21:22:24 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 14:03:16 -0700 2008
I've been reading quite a few serious bo...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 02:17:05 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 14 04:03:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 13:33:47 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 10:22:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 28 06:32:34 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 11 17:18:39 -0800 2009
I enjoyed it, but it was a bit fluffy. ]]> 4 2 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Nov 22 20:14:54 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 20:15:26 -0800 2007
Tamyra told me I should read Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series because Stephanie and I have something in common - things just "seem" to happen to us. Maria and I were talking about books and she said her Dad was reading them and sent her t...more...]]> 1 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 04 16:24:50 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 19 15:20:30 -0700 2009 1 1- a herioine who regularly wears spandex shorts (I see it was wrote in 1994, still...that was past the 80's...no excuses).
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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 Jer...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 04:40:16 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 09:49:55 -0800 2008
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I mentally kept this author in the back of my mind & the last time I was at the library I came across these books by accident. Man am I...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Aug 30 21:43:34 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 22:04:19 -0700 2008
Unfortunatley, I'm not a fan of this book, and I won't be continuing t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Fri Nov 28 08:34:50 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 08:41:59 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Oct 03 06:20:38 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 04:15:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 14 07:15:08 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 07:22:50 -0700 2008
Joe Morelli is a guy she went to high school with t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 11 11:20:31 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 11:22:41 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6853