About this title: Jersey girl Stephanie Plum becomes a skip tracer when she's unable to find any other job. For her first assignment, she has to track down an old flame who has jumped his bail bond.
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Edition: Revised ed.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312990459ISBN:0312990456
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 352 p. Stephanie Plum Novels (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Revised ed.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312990459ISBN:0312990456
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. No stamps, writing or remainder marks. No creases on the covers. A few spine creases. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 352 p. Stephanie Plum Novels (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Revised ed.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312990459ISBN:0312990456
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Good general condition. Pages clean and unmarked. Some cover wear. Spine creases. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 352 p. Stephanie Plum Novels (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. 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 ... read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: HarperTorch
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780061009051ISBN:0061009059
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Free upgrade to First Class mail (for one book). Also listing several others by same author. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 304 p. Stephanie Plum Novels (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: HarperTorch
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780061009051ISBN:0061009059
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, light creases on spine, slight slant to book, 'E' written on bottom of spine, stk #2282t7. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 304 p. Stephanie Plum Novels (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Eighth Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312990459ISBN:0312990456
Description: Good. Spine/hinge creasing, light edge wear, small tear on cover, clean inside, mild page yellowing. read more
Description: Very Good. 0061009059 Great condition paperback book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Good. 0061009059 Good condition paperback book, some creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, may have corner crease or small edge tear, could have owner name on first page or small stamp on side, a good reading book! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN-13:9780312990459ISBN:0312990456
Description: Very Good. 0312990456 Great condition paperback book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Very Good. 0061009059 Great condition paperback book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN-13:9780312990459ISBN:0312990456
Description: Good. 0312990456 Good condition paperback book, some creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, may have corner crease, small edge tear or spine slant, a good book for reading. Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: HarperTorch
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780061009051ISBN:0061009059
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Excellent condition. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 304 p. Stephanie Plum Novels (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 0061009059 Mass Market Paperback, some pages loose, all text present, Condition: Good; somewhat worn, will work well as a reading copy. read more
"This is the book where we get introduced to female-sleuth Stephanie Plum, her mom & dad, Grandma Mazur, Joe Morelli, Ranger, Cousin Vinnie and Lula.
Stephanie had been working in Newark as a discount lingerie buyer but got laid off from her job. Her mother mentions Cousin Vinnie has a filing job at his bail bonds company. So Stephanie goes to check it out, only to find that job has been filled.
However there is an opening doing 'skip tracing': AKA bounty hunting. The job involves finding people that don't show up for their scheduled court appearance. If she succeeds, she can earn 10% of the posted bond amount.
So off Stephanie goes into one madcap adventure after another. This is a great first novel for a great series!
"Learned? This is not a book that teaches. Well, I guess I didn't know that a "bounty hunter" picks up FTA's-"failed to appear" people out on bail who missed a court date. But this mystery series is smart, snappy, and FUN. "The Burg" in Trenton, New Jersey, seems a lot like my city, Buffalo, in enough ways to make the books even more amusing. Actually, Stephanie's mother is everyone's mother, etc. in enough ways to make us all enjoy turning these pages. Very economically written - no wasted words- and lots of wit. The cop Joe is an intriguing character, not least because he is sexy (and since he lusts after her, you know she is too). I have finished Two for the Dough and all the numbers up through Hot Six because the characters are so city-bred (diverse to say the least) and all funny juxtaposed with Steph's slightly old-world mom. My husband read One for... and found some logical holes which I totally ignored as I chuckled. I can hardly remember who got killed but I can't wait to see what Grandma and Lula and Cousin Vinnie will do next! I'm glad a friend told me to try this series."
"Honestly, I really love pulpy series mysteries. I really love them. I can't help it. My mom handed this to me and it was like she offered me crack, and all unknowing, like an innocent babe, I tried some, and now I just CAN'T STOP. Does my mother know that she potentially ruined my life by hooking me on crack, I mean, Janet Evanovich?! I'll have to ask her. Anyway, these are funny, and the main character has a hamster she really cares about, and they're set in Jersey, and there's a good sense of place. I've read 1-4 and I'm trying really hard to wait for my next hit."
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