Book Review: Two For The Dough

By Author: Ilyas Lundberg
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"Two for the Dough" is the second in Janet Evanovich's series about Stephanie Plum, the bounty hunter.Stephanie was financially desperate after she lost her job as a lingerie buyer for a department store. She didn't know what to do or how to earn money. Then she stumbled onto an opportunity to earn commission chasing individuals who didn't want to be found. Without any experience or training she began working for her cousin Vinnie who ran a bail bond office.In "Two for the Dough" Stephanie is still not very skilled or competent in her job. She doesn't have the expertise that might be needed and expected from someone who is capturing individuals who have jumped their bail. The work can be very dangerous and she is afraid but continues to accept files because she is motivated by poverty.Stephanie is given a file for Kenny Mancuso who has shot his best friend. Kenny is a working class man from New Jersey who is suddenly quite wealthy without any obvious explanation for this. At the same time, Stephanie accepts a private contract. Her maternal grandmother plays a key role in helping her with this.The manager of a funeral home hires ...
... Stephanie to find a large number of caskets that have mysterious disappeared. Stephanie has Grandma Mazur serve as decoy as the two of them go from one funeral home to another pretending they are there for viewings. They are really trying to gather information that would hopefully help them find the caskets and maybe even Kenny.Joe Morelli, the vice-cop from Evanovich's first Plum novel is now cleared of his murder charges and becomes competition to Stephanie. He is a distant relative of Kenny and is also eager to capture him as part of his job.
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