Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 13) | 
 enlarge | Author: Janet Evanovich
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  339 reviews
Sales Rank: 235
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: First
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.1 x 1.3
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B00192KOL8
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
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Product Description
New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most outrageous adventure yet!
MISTAKE #1
Dickie Orr
Stephanie was married to him for about fifteen minutes before she caught him cheating on her with her archnemesis, Joyce Barnhardt. Another fifteen minutes after that, Stephanie filed for divorce, hoping never to see either one of them again.
MISTAKE #2
Doing favors for super bounty hunter Carlos Manoso (aka Ranger)
Ranger needs Stephanie to meet with Dickie and find out if he’s doing something shady. Turns out, he is. Turns out, Dickie’s also back to doing Joyce Barnhardt. And it turns out Ranger’s favors always come with a price. . . .
MISTAKE #3
Going completely nutso while doing the favor for Ranger, and trying to apply bodily injury to Dickie in front of the entire office
Now Dickie has disappeared, and Stephanie is the natural suspect in his disappearance. Is Dickie dead? Can he be found? And can Stephanie Plum stay one step ahead in this new, dangerous game? Joe Morelli, the hottest cop in Trenton, New Jersey, is also keeping Stephanie on her toes---and he may know more than he’s saying about many things in Stephanie’s life. It’s a cat-and-mouse game for Stephanie Plum wherein the ultimate prize might be her life.
With Janet Evanovich’s flair for hilarious situations, breathtaking action, and unforgettable characters, Lean Mean Thirteen shows why no one can beat Evanovich for blockbuster entertainment.
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 LOL, another excellent Stephanie Plum novel! July 3, 2008
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Oh, how I adore this series! Lots of laughs, Stephanie still gets herself into trouble in some way. Lots of colourful characters, old and new alike, and Grandma Mazur still knows how to make the reader laugh. Trying to figure out how Steph gets herself into these situations is still a great wonder, even though the reader gets it from A to Z.
Ranger still turns her to mush as much as Morelli, and Morelli still has it in his head that Stephanie should be doing something other than bounty hunting. If only he could accept what is, and stop forcing the issue, I bet he and Stephanie could live happily ever after.
I still like watching the banter between the triangle. While Ranger isn't looking for ties, only fun, Stephanie wouldn't mind it. However, she does have her heart set on settling down, Ranger isn't part of that plan - not by a long shot. I like what they have between them, though. You'd think that Morelli, knowing this, would put his butt in gear and think better about the situation, but I have a feeling it isn't going to happen any time soon.
I soooo can't wait to see what Stephanie gets herself into in Fearless Fourteen.
 LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN July 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
.Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 13)
A ghost-written Plum? Oh my. All of the other Stephanie Plum 'Bounty Hunter' series have been fast, laugh out loud, one day reads. The plots are almost incidental to the fun banter, sexual tension and general silliness. A real guilty pleasure. But in this one the banter has been replaced with stilted dialogue that just seems totally out of character and the sexual tension has been replaced by crude, romance novel drivel. In any series part of the fun is getting to know the characters and anticipating their reactions to a situation. It makes the reading fast and the laughs louder. On this one, rather than the reading flowing along, I kept getting thrown off by all of the character/dialogue inconsistencies. Burg-ers of the past said 'fudge', 'frick, 'finkin' or anything else but in this one even Grandma Mazur is throwing 'f-bombs'. Morelli's playing happy housewife, Ranger's insecure about his looks and downright talkative, Lula's saying things like 'I'm considering the consequences', Tank's carrying on conversations and Stephanie's insecurities, Jersey-girl attitude and good girl dilemmas are almost totally missing. These are the same characters in name only. I can understand an author getting bored or stuck and the plot line suffering but when the basic voice of the characters is so drastically different it leads me to believe that it was written by someone else. Too bad, I'd have rather seen the series end
Anther good novel in the series July 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Our favorite bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum is back again in Lean Mean Thirteen. Stephanie is asked by her friend, Ranger to plant bugs on her ex-husband Dickie Orr. Stephanie does not like Dickie too well, so when she, LuLu and Connie give him a visit, it is no surprise that Stephanie and Dickie end up fighting on the floor. Stephanie can't help herself especially after she learns that Dickie is back in bed with her archenemy Joyce Barnhardt. The following day Stephanie learns that Dickie has gone missing, presumably dead, and their number one suspect is Stephanie. Forced into this situation by Ranger, she joins up with him to try and find out what happened to Dickie and how it ties to his law firm and its cast of suspicious partners. The plot is a little too extravagant, but Janet Evanovich provides some great characters along the way that overall make the story work. As always she fills her pages with scenes that will leave you laughing out loud, including exploding animal specimens and graveyard antics. Plus, she gives us just enough Ranger to have us begging for more or the mysterious and sexy bounty hunter. Fans of the series will not want to miss Lean Mean Thirteen. Valerie Jones mrsvaljones@netzero.net
Still one of the best June 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with some other reviewers that things are getting a bit repetitive, and I wish something would happen one way or another with the men in Steph's life. But these are minor quibbles with a great series. It's still laugh out loud funny and one of the best mystery series out there. It's hard to find books with genuine wit and a good plotline; the closest to this I've read recently are fantasy, Karen Chance's Cassie Palmer novels. So yeah, this is still five stars for me!
 Series getting stale and predictable...but still funny June 26, 2008
Let's face it fellow readers. Janet Evanovitch has harvested from these same fertile fields many times and she still produces a good crop. Has the time come to rotate her crops? Probably. Is the current crop as good as those harvested when her soil was fresh? No. Is it still worth your while to eat from this particular harvest. Yes. Are things getting a bit, shall we say stale, in this particular field. Absolutely! That being said, a few things are glaringly apparent.
First, I'm way past wanting Stephanie to choose between her love interests. I just want the woman to GROW UP! If she is going to remain remotely interesting she needs to change. Whether the decision to keep Stephanie in a box is made by author or publisher remains to be seen; but both would be well advised to let this 30-ish adolescent grow up just a tad.
Second, Grandma Mazur needs a new pasttime. Hanging out at the funeral home is way past creepy.
Third, please let Stephanie get a real job for a change and moonlight as a bounty hunter. Do something to get this woman a little money in her pocket.
I could go on, but the point is that this series needs to grow. From the reviews of the 14th installment that didn't happen this year. Dear Janet, a word to the wise, give your characters some growing room. Dear Publisher, let the series progress. But in the meantime, the book has a few laugh-out-loud moments and that's enough for paperback entertainment. But my days of spending hardback bucks on Stephanie have long since passed.
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