One for the Money: A Stephanie Plum Novel

Overview

JANET EVANOVICH'S BLOCKBUSTER BESTSELLER AT A NEW LOW PRICE!

ONE FOR THE MONEY
Read by Lori Petty

Janet Evanovich made her spectacular debut with this witty and critically acclaimed crime novel. Meet Stephanie Plum of Trenton, New Jersey. She's a rookie bail bondswoman who has the awkward habit of leaping first and looking later when she's out snagging bail jumpers. It's not a job for the faint at heart, but it'stailor-made for Plum. In One for the Money, rookie Stephanie Plum may be a bit wet behind the ears, but nobody's going to take it easy on her; especially her first skip, an ex-cop and murder suspect named Morelli.

Editorial Reviews

First novels this funny and self-assured come along rarely; dialogue this astute and raunchy is equally unusual. The gutsy heroine introduced here is Stephanie Plum of Trenton, N.J., a recently laid-off lingerie buyer who has no job, no car and no furniture. She does have a hamster, a deranged grandmother, two caring parents and several pairs of biking shorts and sports bras. Finding work with her cousin Vinnie, she becomes a bond hunter and scrounges money enough to buy a gun, a Chevy Nova and some Mace. Her first assignment is to locate a cop accused of murder. Joe Morelli grew up in Stephanie's neighborhood. Possessed of legendary charm, he relieved Stephanie of her virginity when she was 16 (she later ran over him with a car). In her search, Stephanie catches her prey, loses him and grills a psychotic prizefighter, the employer of the man Morelli shot. She steals Morelli's car and then installs an alarm so he can't steal it back. Resourceful and tough, Stephanie has less difficulty finding her man than deciding what she wants to do with him once she's got him. While the link between the fighter and the cop isn't clear until too late in the plot, Evanovich's debut is a delightful romp and Stephanie flaunts a rough-edged appeal. Mystery Guild alternate; author tour; film rights optioned to Tri-Star.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Author Information

Bio of Janet Evanovich

Bestselling author Janet Evanovich is the winner of the New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award and multiple Romantic Times awards, including Lifetime Achievement. She is also a longstanding member of RWA. Janet Evanovich is the #1 bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum books, including Lean Mean Thirteen. She lives in New Hampshire and Florida.

Customer Reviews

• You will get hooked! This is where it all starts!

  Posted October 18, 2009 by Melissa, Ohio

  I was totally skeptical when my sister convinced me to read ONE FOR THE MONEY. Now I am PLUM ADDICTED! When you read the Plum books, you can just see her and her former hooker side kick barreling around the burg in that powder blue boat of a car. You have to give her a shot. Once you do, she will win you over.

Additional Info

Imprint

Scribner

Filesize

1.47 MB

Number of Pages

288

eBook ISBN

0684867311

Awards

• Dilys Award