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Janet Evanovich
Two for the DoughTwo for the Dough
One for the MoneyOne for the Money


First British Edition Hamish Hamilton (1996)
Two for the Dough
See Review by Val McDermid - Gold Dagger winner & creator of Lindsay Gordon, Kate Brannigan & Tony Hill
It takes balls to be a bounty hunter... and she doesn't care whose!
New Jersey vice cop Joe Morelli made a habit of screwing up Stephanie Plum's life. When he left her hand-cuffed naked to the curtain rod of her shower, she swore it was the last time she'd have anything to do with him.
Except now Morelli is back, suggesting a partnership, as his case overlaps with Stephanie's (who is working once again as a fugitive apprehension agent - aka bounty hunter extrodinaire). Both of them are tracking Kenny Mancuse, a no-hope scumbag who skipped bail after being arrested for shooting his best friend.
The hunt leads to Stiva's mortuary, and Stephanie enlists the help of her feisty grandmother, getting more than she asked for when Grandma starts packing a .45 magnum and creating funeral chaos. As Stephanie and Morelli close in on their man - and on each other - she begins to seriously reconsider her career choice, which involves spending a lot more time with dead people, not to mention Joe Morelli, than she'd accounted for in her life plan.
One For The Money marked the debut of crime fiction's cleverest and most original heroine in years. Furiously funny and unflaggingly suspenseful, Two for the Dough elevates Stephanie Plum from auspicious debutante to pop legend.
'Sequels often don't measure up to first novels, but this one does - with bells on' Good Housekeeping
'… the perfect nineties screwball comedy' GQ
'… another Evanovich triumph' Sunday Telegraph


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First British Edition Hamish Hamilton (1995)
One for the Money
Stephanie Plum is down on her luck. She's lost her job at New Jersey's most downmarket lingerie store, her car's on the brink of repossession, and her apartment is fast becoming furniture-free. Enter cousin Vinnie, a low-life who runs a bail bond company. If Stephanie can bring in vice cop turned outlaw Joe Morelli, she stands to pick up $10,000.
But tracking down a cop wanted for murder isn't easy. And suddenly Stephanie has another problem on her hands. Benito Ramirez, a prizefighter with more menace than mentality wants her to be his friend and he won't take no for an answer. Soon Stephanie begins to know exactly what it feels like to be pursued and the best person to protect her just happens to be on the run …
'Stone brilliant, the best crime fiction debut of the decade so far. More please, soon.' GQ
'As smart and sassy as high-gloss wet paint… Another great crime novel that transcends the genre' Time Out
'It's nice once in a while to come across a book that doesn't require criticism, just a simple exhortation to go out and buy the thing' Mail on Sunday


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