One for the Money
- Published
- 26 August 1994
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN-13
- 9780141001593
- Type
- novel
About this book
One for the Money is the novel that opens Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, published in August 1994. It's followed here by Two for the Dough. It's the natural place to begin the series, which has continued since 1994.
Key facts about One for the Money
One for the Money is a novel by Janet Evanovich. Readers have had it since 26 August 1994. It runs to 320 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of One for the Money. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780141001593 to find the main one.
One for the Money is book 1 of 36 in the Stephanie Plum series. The series has 36 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Split Second: Thirty-Two Switcheroo is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 10 November 2026.
Additionally, Janet Evanovich writes Elsie Hawkins, Barnaby and Hooker and Lizzy and Diesel, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our romance, mystery and thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Split Second: Thirty-Two Switcheroo is the latest published Janet Evanovich book on file, from 10 November 2026.
About Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich spent a decade collecting rejection letters before she sold her first novel. Raised in New Jersey and trained in art at Douglass College, she wrote romance from her kitchen table as a stay-at-home mother in New Hampshire, eventually publishing close to a dozen romance novels, including her 1987 debut, Hero at Large, under the pseudonym Steffie Hall, before switching genres entirely. See every Janet Evanovich book in order.
Its place in Stephanie Plum
One for the Money is book 1 in the Stephanie Plum series. It is followed by Two for the Dough. See the full Stephanie Plum reading order.
Stephanie Plum is a laid-off lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who talks her way into a job as a bail bondsman's apprentice and turns out to be a chaotic, gun-averse, car-destroying natural at bounty hunting. Janet Evanovich built the series as comic crime fiction rather than a straight procedural: every book sends Stephanie after a new low-level skip (a bail jumper who's failed to show for court), and the actual mystery plot is really a frame for Jersey-flavoured slapstick, a rotating love triangle…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781464009143
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780141001593