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One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
5.0
adventurous funny mysterious tense

It's taken a criminally long time to get back to Janet Evanovich - we used to listen to her on long car journeys back when books-on-tape were, well, on tape. Going back to the start again to be reminded how smart, funny and likeable the books are, managing to maintain tonal consistency even when they take dark turns. Really well-written, and great narrator. Stephanie begins her bounty-hunting career based on desperation and a long-standing realtionship of sorts with her target, bad-boy vice-cop Moretti, on the run for murder. She keeps finding him, but catching is a whole other thing, and a creepy rapey boxer has got her in his sights.