He’s fresh out of the army, suspiciously wealthy, and he’s just shot his best friend. 38, Stephanie is after a new bail jumper, Kenny Mancuso, a boy from Trenton’s burg. Now Stephanie’s back, armed with attitude not to mention stun guns, defense sprays, killer flashlights, and her trusty. It’s Stephanie Plum, New Jersey’s ‘fugitive apprehension’ agent aka bounty hunter, introduced to the world by Janet Evanovich in the award winning novel One for the Money. Meet Stephanie Plum in this thrilling, laugh out loud outing that made Janet Evanovich a household name. His terrifying obsession with Stephanie complicates her manhunt, and it just might lead to murder. He’s also the irresistible jerk who took Stephanie’s virginity and wrote the details on the bathroom wall of Mario’s Sub Shop…Īnd there’s still powerful chemistry between the two.īut chasing Joe could prove very dangerous while on the case, she encounters Benito Ramirez, a heavyweight boxer known for his brutality to women. Her first assignment: nail Joe Morelli, a former cop on the run from a murder charge. Out of work, Stephanie blackmails her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, into giving her a try as an ‘agent.’ She knows zilch about the job, but she figures her new pal, fearless bounty hunter Ranger, can teach her whatever it takes. Mom is a meddler, and eccentric Grandma Mazur is a few cans short of a case. Stephanie lives five miles from her parents, trying to sever the world’s longest umbilical cord. She’s from the ‘burg,’ a blue collar pocket of Trenton, New Jersey, where cars are American, windows are clean, and dinner is served at six. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. Witty, fresh, and full of surprises, One for the Money catapulted Janet Evanovich and her incomparable hero*ine Stephanie Plum into crime writing superstardom.

Stephanie plum hard eight