Review of One for the Money, by Janet Evanovich

One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


My friend, Suzanne Sumner, another avid reader (amazing how many avid reader friends I have, come to think of it) gave me a stack of Stephanie Plum mysteries. They are quick reads and clever and light and Stephanie Plum is not your typical heroine. In One for the Money, the first in a now-long and very successful series, the reader first meets Stephanie in Trenton, NJ, when she loses her job and is behind on her rent and other bills. She has a big attitude and is a smartass.

She does get a new job: a bounty hunter--more or less--working for her sleazy cousin, Vinnie, who runs a bail bonding company. Stephanie has no experience, but that doesn't stop her. Her first bail jumper, or FTA (Failure to Appear) is local vice cop, Joe Morelli, a guy with whom she has a thing and who gets her in to trouble and is a hot guy. If she can nab Morelli, she gets ten grand. But then, there is the psycho prizefighter with whom she gets in trouble and she actually sort of likes Morelli ....

You get the idea. This is a good beach book, as are the three other ones I read: plenty of murder, mayhem, romance, and slapstick humor, including exploding cars. It's worth noting that in Plum Spooky, she meets Diesel who brings a touch of the supernatural into the mix as Diesel, besides trying to get into bed with Stephanie, he hunts down Unmentionables, people with special abilities, who are abusing them--sort of X-Files-esque. Plus the murder and mayhem and romance and slapstick humor.

Like I said, good beach books.



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