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.
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I loathe C.J. Critt, even when I have very limited knowledge about American accents. She sounds so coarse.
Lorelei King’s readings are SO much better! I have fond memories of listening to her while doing my many all-nighters. She reads from book 7 onwards. Shame. I hope she goes back and reads 1-6 though, they were the stronger books.
That must be the other reader my friend Tracy, who got me to listen to/read the series likes. I HATE C.J. Critt. Her natural speaking voice always puts me in mind of when older people tend to burp while talking and kinda have that bubble voice while they try to talk around it. I do like the accent she uses for Marino from the early Scarpetta books by Patricia Cornwell that she’s read. I tend to go around yelling “YOAH!” the way she does for him now.
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