Stephanie Plum (who has a lovely first name, don't you think?) is a girl from New Jersey who loses her job and turns to her shady cousin Vinnie for help. In "One For the Money" (book one; the book titles have numbers in them which definitely helps you remember the order of the series!), Stephanie goes to Vinnie's office to ask about a filing job, but finds out the job has been filled. Instead she finds herself accepting a job as a Bounty Hunter to look for vice cop Joe Morelli, a guy she has a history with since childhood. The stories unfold from there, Stephanie ends up sticking to her job as a Bounty Hunter (or, Apprehension Agent for "FTA's" or "Failure to Appears"), but she's not particularly great at her job. She gets lucky a lot, and she has a whole slew of sidekicks from ho-turned-friend-and-coworker Lula, to her energetic and sassy Grandma Mazur. She has love affairs with hunky Joe Morelli, but also with Ranger -- the elusive, sexy, and actually-good-at-being-a-Bounty-Hunter Bounty Hunter who also works for Vinnie.
Each book finds Stephanie chasing after a new FTA, and she usually winds up in some pretty crazy situations. It has humour, a touch of romance, a touch of mystery and mostly it's just a good read.
I highly recommend checking out the Stephanie Plum series, I'm sure you'll enjoy them as much as I have been. I'm really looking forward to diving into Book Eight, which I just checked out of the library today!
2 comments:
Hi Steph,
I'm an Evanovich fan too. Totally addicted to her stories! She's actually written Fifteen numbered plums - the latest from this summer was Finger Lickin' Fifteen.
Her last (at least for now) between the numbers book came out last January and now she's writing a series about Diesel - one of the characters from the between the numbers stories. He’s a blast so the new series should be fun too.
Janet’s daughter, Alex, is the webmaster on www.Evanovich.com. Alex is a hoot and the site is kept up to date with questions and answers, readers pets, games – you name it. So when you don’t have a book to read it’s a nice place to visit for an Evanovich fix.
Forgive me for throwing in a little self promotion, but when you’ve read all the Evanovich’s you might want to check out Moonlighting in Vermont – my novel that came out this last summer. It’s a fun mystery with a female protagonist who get’s in some interesting situations. Bestselling author John FoxJohn compared Moonlighting favorably with Evanovich so you might enjoy the read. At least I hope so!
Meanwhile, don’t get caught up reading Janet’s novels too fast – they only come out twice a year and then you have to wait for the next one! (I’m horrible at waiting, and once I get an Evanovich in my hands I can’t stop myself from reading it all the way through in one sitting.)
Keep Reading!
Kate George
www.KateGeorge.com
Oooh, thanks for the info!!! Fifteen books! Actually, I think I knew that so I don't know why I wrote fourteen, haha. I will edit!
Thank you for your comment, I will for sure check out your books! I'm always looking for recommendations!
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