This series was recommended to me by several different people (patrons at my library), and so I thought I would give it a shot. It’s not my usual cup of tea (i.e. kid’s books), but it was pretty good just the same. It’s about Stephanie Plum, who, after being laid off as a lingerie buyer for a cheap store, ends up working for a cousin as a bounty hunter. In the process of trying to aprehend a cop-turned-bad guy (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend from high school), she manages to get on the bad side of a semi-famous boxer who also likes to beat and rape women on the side (pleasant, I know). Now, the women who recommended it to me said it was laugh-out-loud funny, but I did not find it quite that amusing. Amusing at points, and entertaining, but I never laughed out loud. The only thing I did not like (in a mild sort of way) was the violence. There aren’t a lot of actual violent scenes in the book, but there are descriptions of brutality towards women that made me wince. The story was well-paced and exciting, and it had me gripping the pages towards the end. Overall, a good book. I think I will start on the next one, Two for the Dough.
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
