BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANET EVANOVICH'S WILDLY ENTERTAINING STEPHANIE PLUM SERIES IS TOP OF THE CHARTS!
 
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"THIS ONE’ S DOUBLE THE FUN!"
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Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is still learning the ropes at her cousin Vinnie’ s bail bond office, so when she sets out on the trail of Kenny Mancuso— a suspiciously wealthy, working class Trenton boy who has just shot his best friend— the stakes are higher than ever. That Mancuso is distantly related to vice cop Joe Morelli— who is trying to beat Stephanie to the punch— only makes the hunt more thrilling… .
 
Taking pointers from her bounty hunter pal, Ranger, and using her pistol-packing Granda Mazur as a decoy, Stephanie is soon closing in on her mark. But Morelli and his libido are worthy foes. And a more sinister kind of enemy has made his first move… and his next move might be Stephanie’ s last.
 
 
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Reviews

Sassy, brassy Stephanie Plum, the bounty hunter from Trenton, N.J., introduced to acclaim in last year's One for the Money, returns to track a bond jumper through her blue-collar neighborhood known as the ``burg.'' A local funeral home, a slimy undertaker and mutilated corpses figure large in the search for Kenny Mancuso, who, having shot an old high-school friend in the knee, posted bail with Stephanie's boss, her cousin, and then disappeared. When the old friend is shot again, fatally, Stephanie reluctantly joins forces with her sexy enemy and love interest, Trenton homicide cop Joe Morelli. While looking for Kenny, Stephanie also searches for 24 caskets stolen from Spiro Stiva, heir apparent of Stiva's Mortuary and also a high-school buddy of Kenny's. As body parts, cut from ``clients'' on view at Stiva's, are used to warn people off the case, Stephanie and Morelli spar in a lively if expected fashion and Stephanie's feisty gun-toting Grandma Mazur forsakes her usual routine of talk-show TV and attending wakes to join the fight against crime. Readers will likely stay a few steps ahead of the sleuths, but the sharp repartee and Stephanie's slightly cynical but still fond relationship with her family and the burg hold a treasury of urban-style charms. $100,000 ad/promo; Mystery Guild selection; Literary Guild alternate selection; author tour. (Jan.)

After making the finals for the Edgar, Agatha, and Shamus awards, Evanovich's debut, One for the Money (LJ 7/94), won the Dilys award from the Independent Mystery Booksellers of America as the book "most fun to sell." In this sequel, New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum encounters an illegal weapons operation.

"Stephanie Plum is a Jersey girl with Bette Midler's mouth and Cher's fashion sense.... With her pepper spray, stun gun, up-to-here hair, and out-to-there attitude...who could resist this doll?"
"--The New York Times Book Review"

"Stephanie's mouth is as smart as her wits..."One for the Money" was great fun; so's "Two for the Dough"."--"The ""Orlando"" Sentinel" (FL)

"If an epidemic of sore ribs sweeps across the country, the Centers for Disease Control will be able to trace it back to Janet Evanovich and "Two for the Dough".... Get the book; read; enjoy. And watch out for the ribs."--"The ""Washington"" Times"

"While Evanovich's wry humor and quirky characters are reminiscent of Elmore Leonard, she puts a feminine spin on this inventive and fast-paced thriller, which places it in a class by itself."--"The ""San Diego"" Union Tribune"
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"A winning adventure."--"Library Journal"
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"[In] "Two for the Dough..."a truly gritty, ethnic, very complex Trenton, New Jersey, comes across beautifully."--"Boston"" Sunday Globe"

"Who could resist the USA original in Evanovich's sassy...Stephanie Plum? The less-than-perfect lady stirs up action and plenty of amusement with her wit and colorful circle of family and friends. "Two for the Dough" [is] a delight from the laugh-out-loud heavy-armor beauty parlor scene to the family dinner table and back onto the mean streets."--"Mystery Lovers Bookshop"
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"The sharp repartee and Stephanie's slightly cynical but still fond relationship with her family and the burg hold a treasury of urban-style charms."--"Publishers Weekly"