One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
Originally published at Nightfalling. Please leave any comments there.
The first in the “Stephanie Plum” series. Stephanie Plum is a 30 year old woman who lost job 6 months ago is finally now down to almost nothing. She’s to trained for entry level, not trained enough for management and apparently unemployable. When she finally tells her parents (who she seems close to) 6 months after the fact they’re shocked but suggest she go apply for a filing position at her cousin’s Bond Collection agency.
That position’s filled but the secretary suggests she take a bounty position as one of their best bounty hunters is in the hospital and a dirty vice cop worth a huge bail has skipped town. It’s her job to track him down. Of course, she has a history with said cop. Namely, losing her virginity to him one night in the bakery she worked in, behind the crepe counter when she was 18 or so.
This was a fun read/listen. I did a bit of both as I had bought this book and next at a used bookstore so I listened at work and then read some at night. I don’t love the reader, C.J. Critt. I’ve heard her read other stuff and her voice bugs me. She does a good Brooklyn accent but her natural speaking voice, which she uses for the main character, sounds gross.