The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 31 books · 1994 to 2024 · Set in Trenton

Janet Evanovich

Crime and mysteryCosy and comic

Stephanie Plum, an unemployed lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, becomes a bounty hunter for her cousin Vinnie’s bail bonds office, wrecking cars and dividing her heart between cop Joe Morelli and the mysterious Ranger.

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Janet Evanovich books in order

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Stephanie Plum

31 books · Set in TrentonCosy and comic
  1. 1One for the Money1994With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Two for the Dough1996With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Three to Get Deadly1997With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Four to Score1998With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  5. 5High Five1999With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Hot Six2000With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Seven Up2001With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Hard Eight2002With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  9. 9To the Nines2003With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Ten Big Ones2004With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  11. 11Eleven on Top2005With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  12. 12Twelve Sharp2006With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  13. 13Lean Mean Thirteen2007With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  14. 14Fearless Fourteen2008With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  15. 15Finger Lickin’ Fifteen2009With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  16. 16Sizzling Sixteen2010With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  17. 17Smokin’ Seventeen2011With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  18. 18Explosive Eighteen2011With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  19. 19Notorious Nineteen2012With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  20. 20Takedown Twenty2013With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  21. 21Top Secret Twenty-One2014With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  22. 22Tricky Twenty-Two2015With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  23. 23Turbo Twenty-Three2016With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  24. 24Hardcore Twenty-Four2017With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  25. 25Look Alive Twenty-Five2018With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  26. 26Twisted Twenty-Six2019With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  27. 27Fortune and Glory2020With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  28. 28Game On2021With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  29. 29Going Rogue2022With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  30. 30Dirty Thirty2023With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon
  31. 31Now You See Her2024With Stephanie PlumBuy on Amazon

Characters

8 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

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