Official Summary
Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, home to wiseguys, average Joes, and Stephanie Plum, who sports a big attitude and even bigger money problems (since losing her job as a lingerie buyer for a department store). Stephanie needs cash—fast—but times are tough, and soon she’s forced to turn to the last resort of the truly desperate: family...Stephanie lands a gig at her sleazy cousin Vinnie’s bail bonding company. She’s got no experience. But that doesn’t matter. Abject poverty is a great motivator for learning new skills. All she has to do is become an expert bounty hunter overnight—and keep herself from getting killed before she gets her man...
My Two Cents
I didn't spend a lot of time hunting down any "official summaries" for these two books (which I will review together since they are very similar) because I think I might be the only literate female left in the world who never read any of these books.
As a general rule, I stay away from books with catchy number or letter phrases as titles (just like these books and, say, "M is for Murder" - things to that effect) but I reluctantly picked up One for the Money after it was highly recommended to me by several people whose "book opinions" I trust. And boy was I missing out by avoiding these gems! The characters are awesome, the stories are pretty interesting, and they are FUNNY. I was sitting in my car waiting to pick up my boy from school yesterday reading "Two for the Dough" and I was laughing hysterically to the point of wiping tears from my eyes. The front office must have thought I was nuts.
Now I know Ms. Evanovich is up to number 18 with these novels, and I can see how it all might possibly get a bit tiresome after that many. But, if you are among the select few that have not tried these books out, please run out and get at least the first couple of them. You won't be sorry!
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