Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich is the follow up of her One for the Money. It involves Stephanie Plum the bounty hunter. Shes after Kenny Mancuso accused of shooting his best friend, Moogie Bues in the knee. Kenny happens to be one of Joe Morelli's cousin. Joe is the police detective who hangs around Stephanie because she takes too many chances. Kenny sends her a note to stop looking for him. Kenny has gotten suspiciously wealthy since his discharge from the army. Moogie was shot in the head, murdered before the garage opened. Suspicions fall on Kenny. Meanwhile, the FBI comes on board as weapons disappeared from the base Kenny was stationed. Spiro who works at Stove funeral home was pals with Kenny and Moogie. Stephanie decides to question him. Her grandmother, Grandma Mazur, likes attending wakes. She decides to accompany grandma Mazur to the latest one. Grandma Mazur happens to get into mischief.Spiro asks Stephanie to find something that disappeared from his storage shed - caskets. Someone steals her jeep. She calls Morelli for help. He picks them up and drives them home. Body parts begin appearing around Stephanie. When shes shoe shopping Kenny shows up and threatens her and grandma. Read on to discover the mischief Grandma Mazur and Stephanie get into and how the catch Kenny.

Fun,. quick read. It had been awhile since I read the 1st book, but easy enough to jump in but was glad I read the 1st one before so I knew more the dynamics between Plum and Morelli.

If you haven't ready the series, I'd say they are fun if you like Mysteries with a kick of chick-lit.

I was drawn back in this series by the humor and cleverness of a later book, #25. As I might have expected, Evanovich improved with practice, though this is snarky fun in its own right. It's more-or-less character driven, with blunt, funny, stupid, mouthy, sarcastic Jersey people blundering about, some of them trying to be criminals, some trying to be investigators, and all of them dissing their friends and neighbors. The plot is just barely enough to carry the story, and not really much different than the plot in #25. But that's a good series, right? Give 'em what they want.

Well I didn't really like the first book, but I decided to give this series one more chance. I really wanted to like it. The series is so popular and loved by almost all cozy readers, so maybe it's just me.


I don't know. I like the characters. They are fun. I love the idea of the series as well, but for some reason I can't get into the stories. The first book was slightly better than this one in my opinion.


I probably won't continue this series, but there really isn't anything bad I can say about the books. I'm just not able to get into them.