
Title - One for the Money
Author - Janet Evanovich
Series - Stephanie Plum #1
Genre - Mystery Chic Lit
Published - August 26th 1994
Publisher - St Martin's Griffin
Format - Paperback
Synopsis
Pestered by her close New Jersey family, Stephanie Plum offers to catch high-school crush Joe Morelli, cop turned bail jumper, for her cousin Vinnie's company. She questions "working girls" to find the missing girlfriend of vicious prizefighter Benito Ramirez while Joe secretly watches her back. Ranger mentors her and supplies vehicles when hers explode.
Teaser
he line of his mouth tightened. "Tell me about it. Suppose I lay down on the pavement and you run over me a few times with my own car . . . just for old times. Would you like that? Do you get your money dead or alive?"
"No reason to get testy about it. I have a job to do. It's nothing personal."
Review
One For The Money is the first installment in the Stephanie
Plum Series. Six months ago everything changed she lost her job even though it
wasn’t that great, she’s out of money and her car has been repossessed. However
she refuses to work at the tampon factory or Macy’s makeup counter so when she
hears her cousin is in need of someone to file she jumps at the chance. Stephanie
learns that the filling job has been filled but with a little blackmail she has
a chance to make money as a bounty hunter. Her first case just so happens to be
the guy who never called after the nigh in the bakery Joe Morelli a cop who
shot an unarmed man.
Stephanie has no idea
what she’s doing but with the help of the sexy super bounty hunter Ranger she
may just learn enough to catch him. Stephanie draws the attention of a local celebrity
boxer Benito Ramirez who likes to be rough with the ladies, and my just know
what happened to the guy who Morelli saw the night he shot Ziggy. Surprisingly
Stephanie has several encounters with Morelli but he refuses to let her bring
him in he is determined to prove his innocents and might just have to get
Stephanie to help him out. Will they be able to prove that Morelli didn’t shoot
an unarmed man? What about the flat nose witness? Will Stephanie survive her
encounter with Ramirez? What about Ranger?
Stephanie is a great character she’s not your perfect
character she has issues just like the rest of us. When things may not go her
way she doesn’t give up, just try’s new avenues like when it comes to Morelli.
I love that she didn’t want to use her gun at first instead used her pocketbook
with the unloaded gun as a weapon. Stephanie makes me laugh, is a perfect
example of a first time bounty hunter she has flaws and I love her for it. The
guys are a tough one each one has good and bad sides as potential love
interests for her but I’m leaning towards Morelli over Ranger at the moment.
This isn’t my first time reading One For The Money or even
my third or fourth time reading the series but I’ve decided it’s time to start
over so I can catch up on the current books. Steph is one of my favorite series
filled with romance, action, suspense and enough humor to keep me laughing
throughout the book. I loved the character she just kept getting better as the
book progressed and I found it easy to connect with her. I enjoyed the book it
captivated me right from the start drawing me into Stephanie’s crazy world and
refusing to let go at the last page. Even though this isn’t my first time I was
disappointed in the least it’s still just as amazing as I remembered it being. I
loved the book it’s a great first installment into an exciting series which I
have the rest of sitting on my shelf. Can’t wait to get current and see what happens
next for Stephanie.
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