This is the first book of the Stephanie Plum series. After this first book, I was hooked. I would recommend it to anyone. Being a girl, maybe that’s why I liked it more because I could put myself in the shoes of Stephanie herself. To anyone that hasn’t tried it, pick it up at a library and if you’re not hooked by this first book, then at least you gave it a shot. As of 9/13/06, ther’s twelve books in the series.