Stephanie Plum Series
1. "One For the Money"	2. "Two For the Dough"	3. "Three to Get Deadly"
4. "Four to Score"	5. "High Five"	6. "Hot Six"

"One for the Money" Harper Paperbacks, September 1995 Reviewed on 5/25/98
From Amazon hardcover paperback audio abridged		For Stephanie Plum, being born in Trenton, New Jersey is as much a part of who she is as her big hair and her half-Hungarian, half-Italian heritage. Downsized out her job, rent due, and her car about to be repossessed, Stephanie's cousin Vinnie, a bail bondsman, seems to be her best chance at a job not in a factory. Looking to do some filing, she winds up becoming an Apprehension Agent, not so better known as a bounty hunter. Stephanie figures that it can't be that hard to find bail jumpers, especially with Ranger, a super cool experienced bounty hunter, and the ten percent she makes on their bounty makes it more than worthy. Stephanie feels even more confident with her first assignment, bring in Joe Morelli. She's known Morelli since they were kids. And even though Joe, a former cop, is wanted for murder, Stephanie fells confident that he won't be hard to track down. But Joe's a tough cookie and he keeps evading Stephanie. Complicating matters is a crazed prize fighter who wants to put an end to Stephanie's life. Determined that the only way to keep Stephanie out of trouble and off his tail, Joe partners up with Stephanie to find the real killer. Because now the killer has decided to get rid of Stephanie.

"Two for the Dough" Pocket Books, September 1996 Reviewed on 5/25/98
From Amazon hardcover paperback audio abridged unabridged		Stephanie Plum is on a roll. Even though her mom isn't thrilled, Stephanie is determined to stick with being a bounty hunter. She's even got all the right weapons, mace, a stun gun and a .38 Smith & Wesson. Her Grandma Mazur has even gotten into the business, well, she thinks that the fact that she has gun makes her a bounty hunter too. Trying to keep her Grandma out of trouble, Stephanie goes to work on her latest case. Finding Kenny Mancuso, who shot his best friend and was now on the run. But Kenny gets into even more trouble, when his friend turns up dead. Joe Morelli, reinstated back onto the police force, is honing in on Stephanie's case. At least, that's how she feels and he's getting much too personal for Stephanie's comfort. With corpses piling up, Stephanie needs all the help she can get and that includes Joe, Ranger, and even her Grandma Mazur.

"Three to Get Deadly" Pocket Books, July 1998 Reviewed on 6/10/98
From Amazon paperback audio abridged		Stephanie Plum wasn't thrilled to get Uncle Mo's case. Uncle Mo, owner of the neighborhood candy store, had skipped out, after being arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. To the neighborhood, carrying a concealed weapon or carrying concealed as folks in Trenton put it, wasn't a crime and anyone who went after him was the lowest of low. But Stephanie's determined that she's going to bring in Uncle Mo. And it seems that she's got more unwanted help than she can handle, Lulu, an ex-hooker and wanna-be bounty hunter, her Grandma Mazur and the annoying Joe Morelli. As the body count rises, Stephanie has to deal with the not so saintly Uncle Mo, threats against her life and Joe's amorous attentions.

"Four to Score" St. Martin's Paperbacks, June 1999 Reviewed on 12/31/99
From Amazon hardcover paperback audio abridged		Stephanie Plum, Trenton, New Jersey's favorite pistol-packing, condom-carrying bounty hunter, is back - and on the trail of a revenge-seeking waitress who's skipped bail. With the hepl of 73-year-old Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker Lula, a transvestite musician named Sally Sweet, and the all-too-hospitable, all-too-sexy Joe Morelli, Stephanie might just catch her woman. Then again, with more mishaps than there are exits on the Jersey Turnpike - including murders, firebombs, and Stephanie's arch-rival bounty hunter chasing after the same fugitive - Stephanie better watch her back big-time if she wants to live to crack this case.

"High Five" St. Martin's Paperbacks, June 2000 Reviewed on 6/8/00
From Amazon hardcover paperback audio abridged		Bail jumping in Trenton is down to small potatoes. Stephanie Plum's only open case is a small bond for a small violation, committed by a small person who raises Stephanie's frustration level in big ways. So, short of money and long on bills, Stephanie comes up with a plan - diversify! Signing on as an intern with entrepreneurial Super Bounty Hunter Ranger, Stephanie ventures into Ranger's mostly morally correct and marginally legal operations. None of this makes vice cop Joe Morelli a happy man. The cop in him can't help but wonder as to the source of Stephanie's expensive new car. And the rest of him, the man who's been friend and lover to Stephanie, can't heklp but wonder if there's more to the partnership than meets the eye. The internship is downgraded to second priority when Uncle Fred goes missing. Even though Grandma Mazur is sure he was abducted by aliens, Stephanie sets out to look for Fred. He's a perfectly average senior citizen, and he's disappeared without a trace while running errands. He's left his ten-year-old Pontiac station wagon locked up nice and neat in the Grand Union parking lot, the cleaning is carefully arranged in the backseat, and his wife is at home, waiting for him to return with the bread and milk and the olive- loaf bologna. Locked in the top drawer of his deak are phots of a body, dismembered and stuffed into a grbage bag. And locked away in the computer files of another average citizen are the clues that will lead Stephanie to Fred.

"Hot Six" St. Martin's Press, July 2000 (HC) Reviewed on 7/5/00
From Amazon hardcover paperback audio abridged		Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and Trenton vice cop Joe Morelli join forces to find the madman killer who shot and barbecued the youngest son of international black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos. Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, is caught on video just minutes before the crime occurs. He's at the scene, he's with the victim, and he's the number-one suspect. Ranger is fromer special forces turned solider of fortune. he has a blue-chip stock portfloio and no known address. he moves in mysterious circles. He's Stephanie's mentor - the man who taught her everything she knows about fugitive apprehensive. And he's more than her friend. Now he's the hunted and Stephanie's the hunter, and it's time for her to test her skills against the master. But if she does catch him... what then? Can she bring herself to turn him in? Plus there are other things keeping Stephanie awake at night. Her Grandma Mazur has set up housekeeping in Stephanie's apartment, a homicidal maniac has selected Stephanie as his next victim, her love life is in the toilet, she's adopted a dog with an eating disorder, and she can't button the top snap on her Levi's.
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