One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)

by Janet Evanovich

The way I see it, living in New Jersey is a challenge, what with the toxic waste and the eighteen-wheelers and the armed schizophrenics. I mean, what’s one more lunatic shooting at you?”

The Plum series is all about attitude and point of view. The world is a crazy place and life can be ugly. It’s important to take a couple steps to the side, reevaluate, find a positive attitude and say, “meh. I got this. It could be worse.” I like to think people from Jersey have the laugh-through-life attitude in spades. Because if you can’t laugh off armed crazies and emphysema from the smog you’re going to have to move to a new state. And that means you’ll have to pump your own gas and give up soft serve frozen custard.