My first entry will be for Janet Evanovich's series including (in order):
- One for the Money
- Two for the Dough
- Three to get Deadly
- Four Score
- High Fives
- Hot Six
- Seven Up
- Hard Eight
- To the Nines
- Ten Big Ones
- Eleven on Top
- Twelve Sharp
I picked up my first (One for the Money) Stephanie Plum novel at a yard sale. After I finshed the first one I was hooked. In about a month, I had read all twelve. Thank You, Public Library!
Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter. Not a very good bounty hunter at that. These novels are a great mix of mystery and a little romance with alot of great humor.
I think what makes these novels so great are the supporting characters. There is a funeral loving Grandma. Stephanie's some-time partner and ex-hooker, Lula. Her wisel of a boss. But more importantly, two hot guys.
The Amazon description reads:
The mixture of slapstick and gunplay that has put Evanovich's series about a sassy, less than competent New Jersey bounty hunter at the top of bestseller lists once again works its magic in Stephanie Plum's latest caper (after 2005's Eleven on Top). Stephanie, who freely admits her failings as a hunter of fugitives, faces a growing work backlog that threatens the continued existence of her job. Her clumsy efforts to clear some cases, along with the help of her outrageous colleague, Lula, result only in their adding another sad sack to the office payroll—a forlorn shoe salesman who's talked off a ledge by Stephanie's offer of a position as file clerk. Stephanie's ambivalence toward the two men in her life becomes harder to maintain when one of them, the mysterious Ranger, is accused of kidnapping his own daughter. Countless over-the-top scenes, including one at a funeral parlor, will delight longtime fans.
