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Summary: THIS IS A MUST READ FOR MYSTERY AND ROMANCE FANS!
Review: I loved this book and I normally just read romance. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes great action, characters and a lot of humor. Stephanie Plum is so real and she is somebody you could relate to. I love the men in this story. I honestly have a crush on Ranger. Joe is ok too! Anybody will enjoy this book. I already went out and bought all her others in this series and can't wait to start book #2. GO AHEAD YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
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Summary: Lives Up to the Hype!
Review: I finally gave in to the hype, and started reading this series to see what all the fuss was about. I'm sure glad I did because One for the Money was one of the most enjoyable, laugh-out-loud, and fun books I've ever encountered. Stephanie Plum, the lead character and narrator of the story is a 30-year-old woman who knows a lot about hairspray and fingernail polish but little about the dangerous world of criminals. So how does she land a job as a bounty hunter? After getting laid off as a lingerie buyer, Stephanie finds her rent is overdue, her car is repossessed, and her refrigerator is empty. Perhaps cousin Vinnie has some clerical work for her at his bounty hunter business, her mother suggests. But when Stephanie finds out how much money she can make tracking down deadbeat thugs, she bribes her cousin into giving her a job skip tracing and embarks on her new career.Stephanie chooses to take on the hottest case in Trenton N.J. Find Joe Morelli, a cop accused of murder one. The problem is, Joe is no stranger to Stephanie. They've known each other since childhood and had some steamy moments together as teens. Joe knows how to push Stephanie's buttons, and as much as she hates to admit it, she finds him irresistible. The plot pounds along as you follow Stephanie through her ill-fated efforts to capture her man. There are plenty of screwball characters that cross Stephanie's path, and the story is full of offbeat comedy, hilarious one-liners, and sexual energy. As a Jersey born and bred woman myself, I can attest to the fact that Evanovich captures the Jersey essence and attitude brilliantly. If you like snappy dialogue, quick-wit, and non-stop action you won't be disappointed. Don't miss this one!
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Summary: Not for the delicate of mind
Review: I bought this novel, which my mother had read about somewhere, for her to give to a cousin. She thought she'd check out the use of "language" and such, before sending it off to said cousin. As a result, she promptly returned the books: too much profanity and sex. So consider this when purchasing for older people.
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Summary: First in a Fantastic Series
Review: This is the first in what has become a series of very funny, entertaining mystery stories. Stephanie Plum is the main character in the book and she is extraordinarily funny as she bumbles her way into a career as a bounty hunter after leaving a job in lingerie sales. Stephanie's on the job training as a bounty hunter is a series of hysterical episodes. She has only become a bounty hunter to escape total poverty. Her car is repossessed and she has sold most of her furniture. Paying her rent has become top priority To get the bounty hunter job, she blackmails her cousin who is a bails bond agent, into giving her the job of bringing in Joe Morelli, a cop up on charges of killing an unarmed man. Stephanie's cousin is easy to blackmail since he is a really slimy sort who engages in various strange sexual pursuits in his office. She merely suggests to him that his wife might now be pleased with his behavior. So, she gets the job to get Morelli. Stephanie knows Morelli from the neighborhood and even has a bit of history with him from when she was 6 years old. Morelli is one of those men who are very attractive and very dangerous. She hasn't seen Morelli for a long time and the last time she did see him she ran over him with her car. She is able to find Morelli. Actually, she finds him quite often, but she can't bring him in he always gets away. There are some incredibly funny scenes around Stephanie trying to bring in Morelli. Stephanie enlists the help of a fellow bounty hunter, Ranger, to give her some training. Ranger is another one of those attractive dangerous men and also very mysterious since no one knows where he lives and how he manages to drive around in Porches, BMW's and other high-end cars. Ranger is a continuing character in the Stephanie Plum series. Read all the books in the series, in order. Each one stands alone but you won't want to just read one. I've looked forward to each one and haven't been disappointed yet.
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Summary: formulaic, but decent brain candy
Review: Janet Evanovich's ONE FOR THE MONEY seemed rather formulaic in its approach to mystery novels. None of the characters seemed to really grab me and keep me intersted for very long, the story was rather unimaginative, and the plot not so much contrived as...well, unintersting to me. Janet Evanovich seems like a fine writer and her books are good brain candy, well worth taking into the tub with you or falling asleep to before you go to bed. But in all honesty, I'm quite surprised this book was recommended to me. There didn't seem to be much that differentiated the story or the characters. Nothing seemed "fresh" in the same way that, say Nevada Barr did with "A Superior Death" or Laurell K. Hamilton has in the fantasy-mystery cross-overs with her Anita Blake novels. It could just be that bail bonds are not my thing. But I suspect that it's a dependence on a formula that just doesn't work for Evanovich. I'll read more of her novels if they pass my way, but in all honesty, I'm not going out of my way to buy copies of the books in this series. And the ones I have so far, well, they'll go to the used book store along with the brain candy romance novels.
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Summary: Not all readers like it, though
Review: This book was recommended to me at a bookstore that specializes in mysteries, and I have a hard time understanding why. The characters are largely stereotypes, and the result reads more like a Hollywood treatment of a mystery than a novel. The background for the plot centers on bail bonds, but provides little detail beyond what one could glean from watching a good movie like "Midnight Run." I notice that many of the (extemely positive!) reviews here are written by people who begin by saying "I don't like mysteries, but. . . " Well, I can see where that might be the case, and respect their opinions (with the one exception that I can't understand the positive comments on the "romance" in the book because it is so preoccupied with sexual violence). But as someone who loves this genre, this book struck me as an unsuccessful attempt at marrying Robert B. Parker and Sue Grafton.
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Summary: Good light reading
Review: Book reads quickly, humorous, not brain surgery but enjoyable nontheless!!
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Summary: Great stuff!
Review: Janet Evanovich has to be one the the best crime writers to date. I love her characters, plot, and especially, her humor! This book is wonderful from beginning to end!
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Summary: Two of the best
Review: I never enjoy a book fully when I don't care for the side characters. This series has two of the best: Rex, the hamster, who knows to enjoy a night on the wheel, and Grandma Mazur with her quirky sense of humour. I love them to bits.
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Summary: I've given this book as a gift and everyone always loves it!
Review: I live in New Jersey and I can tell you that the characters in this book are very, very possibly real people! These Stephanie Plum books are FUNNY! My friends resisted this book when I told them about it, but when they read it for themselves, they LOVED it---especially the people who grew up in the Trenton, NJ area. My seventeen-year-old daughter put aside her summer activities to go right through this book. She admitted that it was much more enjoyable that the books on her required reading list. I have given this book as a gift and everyone loves it! I have lent my own copies of her books, one to five, to people and they got hooked and started buying the rest themselves. All of them were surprised how enjoyable it was! The idea of a bounty hunter isn't that appealing, but Stephanie Plum is one appealing character. I am about to read her latest book and I can't wait.
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