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Summary: A Definite Must-read!
Review: This is a great book! I decided to read it after many other people had told me how funny and good Ms. Evanovich's books are. (I work in a bookstore, so I talk to many book readers). This first book, One for the Money, was a very insightful and entertaining book. I loved the Stephanie Plum character and I kept hoping that she would fall in love with either Joe Morelli or Ranger. Oh, well, maybe in future books. I can't wait to read Two for the Dough!
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Summary: Highly entertaining and funny
Review: This book grabs your attention from the very first page and keeps you riveted until the end. It was such an easy, entertaining read that I was finished before I realized it. I look forward to reading all future "Stephanie Plum" books.
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Summary: a so-so story, with outstanding character development
Review: I honestly did not follow the story line that carefully as i read this book. The reason for this is because I became so wrapped up in the character of Stephanie Plum. The book unfolded rather expectedly with Stephanie and Joe reuniting, but I really had a tough time making sense of the ending - especially the involvement of Jimmy Alpha and how hw went from apologetic boxing manager to drug king-pin. Anyway, the character of Stephanie was so life-like and entertaining (along with her family)that as long as she turned out o.k.
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Summary: Good story and funny dialogue but too much violence.
Review: She is a good writer with good story line. The characters are good with funny dialogue. The violence and sometimes off color language are not needed. This was the first book. I had heard good review about the series but I was disappointed.
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Summary: I have gotten six other readers hooked on Stephanie!
Review: My Grandmother suggested this book - after someone suggested it to her. It is the best little secret I have ever read. I couldn't stop laughing at her and her Grandmother. I believe if I was a bounty hunter I would be just as bad - and just as lucky! I challenge you to put it down without finishing it first! And here is a wonderful surprise, every one of her books is this well written and funny!
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Summary: Been there (temping, unemployed)>>>never done this!
Review: From the first sentence I just wanted to go to lunch with Stephanie! Not that she'd have time, or the money, and we'd have to get a doggy bag for Rex the hamster.This series was recommended to me within a web forum in the same paragraph discussing Elizabeth Peters and Laurell K. Hamilton (the web forum subject we were in>>>>go right there, next!) Truly, after all the tortured souls in contemporary series mysteries, Stephanie is a relief. She gets clues wrong, she gets people's hearts right, she gets to Mom&Dad's on time for dinner, secretaries & hookers with info befriend her, she's supported by lifelong friends from childhood (who just happen to be male), and she's smart enough to know when to be afraid. After reading too many series where the female "I" is offended whenever any man comments on her as a woman (like,he outweighs her or outskills her)...Stephanie's a relief! Glad to be a girl, wants to be a girl with bounty hunter skills. On to the 2nd book.
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Summary: Wonderful mystery series!
Review: I've been searching for a new female detective series and I've definitely found it! The descriptions of the Stephanie Plum series intrigued me. Then luckily (?) I caught the flu and actually had time to read the first two books. I finished both in two days. I loved the rapport between Stephanie and the other residents of Trenton, New Jersey. Having lived in New Jersey for a year, the descriptions rang perfectly true, of the people, the town, the ATTITUDES! I loved it! Now I can't wait to read the rest of the series.
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Summary: Stephanie Plum is one savvy Jersey girl!
Review: WARNIKNG: Once you read this one, you'll have to read the whole series! Janet Evanovich has done an excellent job of creating a fast-paced mystery with her tale of how Stephanie Plum stumbles into the bounty hunter business. She's a street-smart Jersey girl you'll never forget! And her search for a fugitive on the lam forces her to cross paths with a sociopath boxer, some of the eeriest scenes you'll get. Even so, lots of parts of this book are pretty funny. Once you read this one, you'll have to read the other four in this series. Evanovich is more believable than P.D. James or Colin Dexter, and her stories are much faster paced. More clever, too. If you like the smart-talking Archie Goodwin of the Nero Wolfe series, you'll love Stephanie Plum.
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Summary: A wonderful beginning to a wonderful series
Review: This is the introduction of Stephanie Plum and her associates. It is without a doubt one of the best 'mystery' books I have ever read. It is funny and exciting and lacks the endless angst that is seemingly necessary for PD James, Patrica Cornwall, etc. Wonderful book!
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Summary: Stephanie Plum is heroically funny and brave.
Review: Stephanie Plum is an out-of-work business woman who would rather remain independent than have to depend upon her family for financial help. Besides money, her family drives her crazy, esp. her grandmother. She decides to work for a cousin who is a bail bondsman. Through her adventures in finding her man or woman, Stephanie makes new and very interesting friends along the way. She also manages to get herself into more trouble than she can handle.
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