• One for the Money

  • A Stephanie Plum Novel, Book 1
  • By: Janet Evanovich
  • Narrated by: C. J. Critt
  • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (8,650 ratings)

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One for the Money

By: Janet Evanovich
Narrated by: C. J. Critt
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You’ve lost your job as a department store lingerie buyer, your car’s been repossessed, and most of your furniture and small appliances have been sold off to pay last month’s rent. Now the rent is due again. And you live in New Jersey. What do you do?

If you’re Stephanie Plum, you become a bounty hunter. But not just a nickel-and-dime bounty hunter; you go after the big money. That means a cop gone bad. And not just any cop. She goes after Joe Morelli, a disgraced former vice cop who is also the man who took Stephanie’s virginity at age 16 and then wrote details on a bathroom wall. With pride and rent money on the line, Plum plunges headlong into her first case, one that pits her against ruthless adversaries - people who’d rather kill than lose.

The New York Times Book Review calls Stephanie Plum “a Jersey girl with Bette Middler’s mouth and Cher’s fashion sense.” In Stephanie Plum, Evanovich has created a resourceful and humorous character who stands apart from the pack of gritty female detectives.

Jersey girl: listen to more in the Stephanie Plum series.
©1994 Janet Evanovich (P)1995 Recorded Books, LLC

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Good book but should be a TW

This books deals with sexual assault and rape. Well done story but wanted to make sure that was known for people in the future!

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Entertaining read

This book was so easy to listen to and funny. Very good till the end.

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Stephanie Plum is a true NJ woman!

I love this book and it's the 1st in a 30 book series. I have year every one of the books. The books are funny and suspenseful. A woman ameture sleuth with a touch of romance.

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Idiotic main character

I wish I could’ve enjoyed this story more than I did. Stephanie Plum is naive, dumb and ridiculous.

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Funny and very entertaining.

"One for the money" is the first Janet Evanovich novel I have ever read. I really enjoyed this audiobook .

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Ho Hum

I am still unsure why the newly released unabridged versions of Evanovich's books are being read by someone who is not Lorelei King. Critt is a mediocre Stephanie Plum at best. The story is typical first in a series, a lot of background info and explanations of characters we'll see throughout the series. Overall, the book is just kind of meh.

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hilarious!

I read many reviews about the narrator being terrible, but I really enjoyed it. This book was an easy "read". At one point I almost spewed soda everywhere from laughing. I can't wait to hear the other books in this series.

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Not so much a Romance as a Crime Book

At times I laughed out loud but I never set it down. Right to the end I Thought I had figured it out ! Wow a great read.

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I love Janet

no one compares to Janet got a good laugh. the narrator, although good in different situations, did not do this book justice. she sounds entirely too old and like I'm sitting in a library listening to reading time, not getting drawn into the story.

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Plum Fun!

Stephanie Plum is a wonderfully funny character for today's society. These stories are filled with detail, crime, drama and just the right amount of mirth!

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