The first book in Evanovich's Stephanie Plumb series (which is currently up to 25 books!), this lays out the start of Plumb's career as a bounty hunter. She runs up against some pretty tough dudes (like a potential heavy weight champion who promises to do awful things to her) and some guys from her past (who she would rather had stayed there). Not a typical profession for a mystery series, but she definitely and not surprisingly, gets mixed up in a mystery that, as usual, boils down to a drug problem.

The New Jersey neighborhoods of Trenton are written about with care and color. Plumb is a pretty funny character, full of moxie, charm, and trepidation. Not some macho guy who can knock down walls, she still does a pretty good job of standing up for herself.

Unfortunately, I didn't notice the audiobook was an abridged version. I did wonder why it was so short, but I just figured it was a short book. But I am sure I got the gist of it and the narrator, Lori Petty, is realistically Joisey enough to be annoying, so that's good I think. The story moved along nicely (not surprising in an abridged version!) and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I think I'll give the next book a try, although the non-abridged version is narrated by someone else. Maybe I will give the actual book a try instead. But if you have somehow missed the Stephanie Plumb series, I suggest giving it a whirl.