One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum is down on her luck. She's lost her job, her car's on the brink of repossession, and her apartment is fast becoming furniture-free.Enter Cousin Vinnie, a low-life who runs a bail-bond company.If Stephanie can bring in vice cop turned outlaw Joe Morelli, she stands to pick up $10,000.But tracking down a cop wanted for murder isn't easy . . . And when Benito Ramirez, a prize-fighter with more menace than mentality, wants to be her friend Stephanie soon knows what it's like to be pursued.Unfortunately the best person to protect her just happens to be on the run . . .