One For The Money

One For The Money is a book written by Janet Evanovich and it is the first in the Stephanie Plum Series.

In One For The Money, we are introduced to Stephanie Plum, who is an out of work lingerie buyer. She lives in The Burg which is a part of Trenton New Jersey where every family is Italian. Stephanie is half Italian, half hungarian.

Stephanie lives alone in a small apartment full of the newlywed and nearly dead. She does have a sort of roommate, his name is Rex and he is a hamster.

You also meet a bunch of other people who end up being in all the other books, too. Like Connie, Ranger, Lula and Grandma Mazur

In this book Stephanie swallows her pride and takes a job from her cousin Vincent Plum, as a bounty hunter. She is asked to find Joe Morelli, the man she lost her virginity to and then ran over with a Buick. Joe was arrested for murder and bonded out by Vinnie for $100,000. Joe is out there trying to prove that he was innocent. Yes, he shot that man, but it was in self defense.

After her first failed attempt she asks Connie, the 100% italian receptionist, who she should ask for help. Connie recommends Ranger, a cuban bounty hunter who only does high-risk bonds, the ones for the big money. Ranger helps her and kinda tells her the ropes to being a bounty hunter.

Joe agrees to team up with Stephanie, if she helps him out, he will make sure she gets her 10% of the bond. However she doesn't really believe that he will let her capture him. So when she gets her chance she tricks him and takes him in anyway.

The eventually prove that Joe is innocent of murder and there is a happy ending.