One for the Money

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Okay, so I think we’ve already established the fact that I’m

hooked on Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels. And at a recent book sale held at our

local library, I hit the jackpot. I was scanning through boxes and boxes of books when I

saw it: the first Stephanie Plum book. I shoved through the crowd, snatched up the book,

and clutched it in my arms as I ran off.



Yep. I like these books that

much.



Now that I’ve read several of the more recent Plum novels, it was

exciting to read the first one—the one that started it all. In One for the Money

Evanovich sets up the story. Stephanie Plum is down-and-out. She’s been out of a job

for six months, her car has been impounded, and she’s sold all of her furniture to pay

the rent and keep herself and her hamster, Rex, fed. Desperate for cash, she goes to her

cousin Vinnie, a bail bondsman, to beg for a filing job. Instead, she ends up taking a

job as a bounty hunter (how hard can that be?)



Stephanie’s first job is

to hunt down Joe Morelli, a guy who grew up down the street from Stephanie—and with whom

she had an, er, encounter behind the éclair counter at the donut shop where she used to

work. Now Morelli’s a cop. Or at least he was until he supposedly killed an unarmed man

and then disappeared. It’s Stephanie’s job to find Morelli and bring him in—but it

turns out to be easier said than done. Even with the help of Ranger, a veteran bounty

hunter, Steph finds that while she keeps running into Morelli, she can’t seem to capture

him. And to make matters worse, she’s become the obsession of a criminally insane boxer

who’s determined to make her his next victim.



One for the Money

isn’t Evanovich’s best. Her writing has definitely gotten a lot more solid since this

first book in her series. But the important things are still there—namely the laughs and

the eccentric characters (like Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur and Lula, the queen-sized

hooker). And it’s worth reading just to see how it all began.



If you’ve

never read a Stephanie Plum book before, you don’t have to start with the first

one—though it definitely won’t hurt to start from the beginning. Pick up One for the

Money. It’s a super-quick read (it only took me about three or four days of

spare-time reading), and once you’ve read it, you’ll be eager to move on to the next

one.

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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it. Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course. As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com). Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.

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kdk

Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.

Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.

As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).

Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.

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