One For The Money by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum, a recently laid-off lingerie buyer from New Jersey, has no job, no car and no furniture. She does have a hamster, a deranged grandmother, and a love/hate relationship with a cop by the name of Joe Morelli.
When the chance to get out of her jobless rut presents itself in the form of filing for her cousin Vinnie’s bail-bond business, Stephanie is reluctant to take it, but she is desperate and goes by his office anyway, only to find that job is already gone. So, she blackmails Vinnie into hiring her on as a bounty hunter on the $10,000 case.
Scrouging up money to buy a clapped-out Chevy Nova, a gun, some mace, and with a few tips from Ranger, one of the other bounty hunters, Stephanie is out to catch Joe Morelli, a cop accused of murder. Now, Morelli and Stephanie have some history. Having grown up in the same neighbourhood with the heart throb, Stephanie had fallen for his charms, but the next time she ran into him, it was with a Buick.
Follow Stephanie as she navigates (and often falls prey to!) the pit falls of a first time bounty hunter. If you are not put off by the crude language and some downright scary situations, this is an uproarious and suspenseful murder mystery.
To request a copy from the JCLC catalog click here.
