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Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum #13)
by
Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
In her rollicking 13th Stephanie Plum adventure (after Twelve Sharp), bestseller Evanovich is in top, quirky form. Plucky, bumbling New Jersey bounty hunter Plum is reunited with her two-timing lawyer ex-husband, Dickie Orr, while doing a favor for the mysterious, sexy Ranger. But when Dickie disappears from his house leaving behind only bloodstains and bullet holes, Plum...more
Paperback, 371 pages
Published
June 12th 2008
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(first published June 19th 2007)
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Apr 16, 2009
Jennifer
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
fans of sure things, bad boys, and New Jersey
Few things in this world are as consistent as a Janet Evanovich novel featuring Stephanie Plum. You know that the following will happen at some point in the story: you will laugh out loud at least three times (often more), Stephanie will have hot sex with Joe Morelli, Stephanie will think about the possibility of hot sex with Ranger, Stephanie and Lulu will find themselves in some embarrassing situations while trying to apprehend a bail skip (this 13th installment involves exploding taxidermy an...more
Aug 13, 2007
Wendyb
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Only those who cannot pass up another Plum
What I learned from this book is that if you have a million dollar book contract, you can pretty much just list junk food, articles of clothing, and expensive cars and call it a book. I don't ask for a great plot from a Stephanie Plum adventure or I never would have got past the 5th book in the series. I read these books because Stephanie is funny and eats the way most people over 14 can only dream of eating. Some of the previous books have been thinner and less satisfying than others, but this...more
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Dear Janet Evanovich,
I stopped reading you a while back, when it seemed like you were floundering and had no clue what to do with your series and it was really getting pretty embarrassing. But this week I've needed something that was all candy, no brain, and you were there. And - well. It seems like you've found something to do with your series. But it's obvious that you don't understand what that is.
I know! I know it can be hard to pay attention to all the subtleties, the subtext of what you're...more
I stopped reading you a while back, when it seemed like you were floundering and had no clue what to do with your series and it was really getting pretty embarrassing. But this week I've needed something that was all candy, no brain, and you were there. And - well. It seems like you've found something to do with your series. But it's obvious that you don't understand what that is.
I know! I know it can be hard to pay attention to all the subtleties, the subtext of what you're...more
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Oct 01, 2008
Jennifer
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Jennifer by:
Alisa
I gotta say, I NEVER thought I'd give a novel 5 stars. My friend Alisa bought the first book in this series for me about 2 years ago. I was visiting home and she and I were out having fun and stopped into a bookstore and she said, "Have you read these? They're good - I think you'd like her writing style." Um, right. I'm thinking no way will I like some novel by a chick. BUT... Alisa has known me just about forever and knows me very well...
Then Alisa said, "You need something to read on the plan...more
Then Alisa said, "You need something to read on the plan...more
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 arch-nemesis Joyce Barnhardt. Another fifteen minutes after that Stephanie filed for divorce, hoping to never see either one of them again.
MISTAKE #2
Doing favors for super bounty hunter Carlos Manoso (a.k.a. Ranger). Ranger needs her to meet with D...more
MISTAKE #1
Dickie Orr. Stephanie was married to him for about fifteen minutes before she caught him cheating on her with her arch-nemesis Joyce Barnhardt. Another fifteen minutes after that Stephanie filed for divorce, hoping to never see either one of them again.
MISTAKE #2
Doing favors for super bounty hunter Carlos Manoso (a.k.a. Ranger). Ranger needs her to meet with D...more
Jan 31, 2008
Christy
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
fans of humorous mysteries
Stephanie’s ex, attorney Dickie Orr, goes missing shortly after Stephanie threatens his life. The only clue to what happened: bloody drag marks leading out of his house. The investigating detective wants to question Stephanie and she has no alibi so is in no hurry to talk. To make matters worse, Stephanie’s archnemesis, Joyce Barnhardt (the woman responsible for Stephanie’s and Dickie’s divorce), is hot on Stephanie’s trail. Joyce is back in a relationship with Dickie and wants the 40 million do...more
LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN (Humorous Mystery-Stephanie Plum-New Jersey-Cont) – VG
Evanovich, Janet – 13th in series
St. Martin’s Press, 2007, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780312349493
First Sentence: For the last five minutes, I’d been parked outside my cousin Vinnie’s bail bonds office in my crapola car, debating whether to continue on with my day, or return to my apartment and crawl back into bed.
*** When bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum’s ex-husband goes missing and it’s realized Dickie has left behind an estate w...more
Evanovich, Janet – 13th in series
St. Martin’s Press, 2007, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780312349493
First Sentence: For the last five minutes, I’d been parked outside my cousin Vinnie’s bail bonds office in my crapola car, debating whether to continue on with my day, or return to my apartment and crawl back into bed.
*** When bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum’s ex-husband goes missing and it’s realized Dickie has left behind an estate w...more
A welcome break from my library school reading and a good friend to have on my long commute to and from school.
12 September 2007
I guiltily finished reading Evanovich's latest offering of the adventures of Stephanie Plum since my class was canceled last night, instead of working on homework or any of the other assorted household things that I could have been doing. After my own week from hell in which my bathroom ceiling poured water, delayed DSL & a computer glitch telling me I might lose my...more
12 September 2007
I guiltily finished reading Evanovich's latest offering of the adventures of Stephanie Plum since my class was canceled last night, instead of working on homework or any of the other assorted household things that I could have been doing. After my own week from hell in which my bathroom ceiling poured water, delayed DSL & a computer glitch telling me I might lose my...more
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Stephanie and the gang are back. Along with exploding rodents, a missing obnoxious ex, old nemesis Joyce Barnhardt, and a slew of new baddies. Ranger and Morelli end up tag teaming to keep Stephanie alive and out of jail.
Another great addition to my favorite stress reliever series...Thanks Janet, I needed that!
Another great addition to my favorite stress reliever series...Thanks Janet, I needed that!
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LOL, another excellent Stephanie Plum novel!
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...more
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...more
Jun 03, 2008
Kattie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Anyone in need of a good comedic mystery
Recommended to Kattie by:
Sarah Miles
I started reading this book with no expectations, little idea what the book was even about, I just knew that my friend was telling me that I should take it home, read it and pass it on.
The book starts off quickly enough. It doesn't start by explaining who everyone is for the first chapter and a half, but having never read a Stephanie Plum novel before, I didn't feel lost either. I appreciated that the book jumps you right into the story. And the story had you laughing out loud at some of the pre...more
The book starts off quickly enough. It doesn't start by explaining who everyone is for the first chapter and a half, but having never read a Stephanie Plum novel before, I didn't feel lost either. I appreciated that the book jumps you right into the story. And the story had you laughing out loud at some of the pre...more
This is the current latest book in Janet Evanovich's series about bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. I still really wish she'd pick a man although it seems like she's leaning towards Morelli (thank goodness), but that could switch in the next book.
Although this has some crack up outloud scenes and one liners in it...it is basically the same as all her other books. Slightly different people who Stephanie is chasing and who are trying to kill her w/ Morelli and Ranger trying to keep her alive. Lulu is...more
Although this has some crack up outloud scenes and one liners in it...it is basically the same as all her other books. Slightly different people who Stephanie is chasing and who are trying to kill her w/ Morelli and Ranger trying to keep her alive. Lulu is...more
I continue to laugh out loud at the amazing survival tactics and the sassy comments endlessly flowing from the mouth of Evanovich's main character, Stephanie Plum. Equally amusing are some family members - - her mother always reaching for the wine bottle when things get out of hand, or some ironing to settle her nerves. And her feisty grandmother who changes her hair color to match the ocassion, which could be a date with a guy from the assisted living facility or attending the current viewing a...more
I'm listening to Lean Mean Thirteen on cd at work. Twice today I burst into laughter and had to fake a coughing fit to disguise my inappropriate behavior. The line "I stapled him in the balls." completely undid me.
Finished it. Liked it. Laughed a lot. However...I'm getting a little tired of all the Ranger-calls-her-Babe stuff. I mean, is it really necessary for her to have two hot guys battling for her attention? I'd like it better if Ranger fell heavy in love with someone else and he and Steph...more
Finished it. Liked it. Laughed a lot. However...I'm getting a little tired of all the Ranger-calls-her-Babe stuff. I mean, is it really necessary for her to have two hot guys battling for her attention? I'd like it better if Ranger fell heavy in love with someone else and he and Steph...more
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The Stephanie Plum series is definitely in decline. While this novel has a promising plot (Stephanie's ex-husband disappears, and she's a suspect), the storyline is just plain flat, mainly because the author insists on borrowing scenes and dialogues from her previous Plum books.
I didn't even have much interest in the main characters, who have had virtually no character development in the last several books.
I'm really starting to feel as though Evanovich is just phoning it in these days. Sad. Thi...more
I didn't even have much interest in the main characters, who have had virtually no character development in the last several books.
I'm really starting to feel as though Evanovich is just phoning it in these days. Sad. Thi...more
I'm a huge fan of Janet Evanovich, so it pains me to say this... The Stephanie Plum series may be running out of steam.
Your enjoyment of Lean Mean Thirteen will be enhanced by having read a couple of the earlier books, so that you know the full background to Stephanie's ex-husband Dickie Orr. However, if, like me, you have devoured all twelve of the previous novels, you may find Evanovich's latest a little... Samey.
The plot is enticing enough - Dickie Orr has gone missing and
To read the rest o...more
Your enjoyment of Lean Mean Thirteen will be enhanced by having read a couple of the earlier books, so that you know the full background to Stephanie's ex-husband Dickie Orr. However, if, like me, you have devoured all twelve of the previous novels, you may find Evanovich's latest a little... Samey.
The plot is enticing enough - Dickie Orr has gone missing and
To read the rest o...more
A bunch of us girls who love this series went on a road trip to meet the author and have this book signed when it came out. Though I love this entire series, a bit let down by this book.... It may of had to do with the fact that the author was a TOTAL LET DOWN. No personality and not warm in anyway. I wasn't expecting her to bow down and thank our group for spending hundreds of dollars on her books over the years.. or thank us for telling everyone we knew to read them as well.... I was just expe...more
Enh. Found the hardcover on the sale rack for under $8. The style is too self-consciously an imitation of the "hard-boiled detective genre"--Evanovich is trying too hard with that, regardless of the value of that style itself. Personally, I don't like it, especially not when paired with a female character for some reason. I guess that's because I like female characters more than male characters and expect more of them!
The story is decent though. But I was turned off by the way Stephanie Plum fli...more
The story is decent though. But I was turned off by the way Stephanie Plum fli...more
Thirteenth Stephanie Plum book, in which Stephanie’s bastard x-husband vanishes after – you know what? I’m not going to give a plot summary, because that’s entirely secondary. It’s a freaking Stephanie Plum book – I read it pretty much cover-to-cover today, and it made me laugh hard enough to hurt my stomach muscles.
Where does she get it all? I mean, seriously, a book a year like clockwork, and they’re still freaking hilarious. It’s a sort of dry, off-kilter, sarcastic humor, which fits just rig...more
Where does she get it all? I mean, seriously, a book a year like clockwork, and they’re still freaking hilarious. It’s a sort of dry, off-kilter, sarcastic humor, which fits just rig...more
This is one of those Stephanie Plum tales where you have to sit back and wonder what on earth is going on in Stephanie's mind and how it is she attracts all the guys and danger that she does. In Lean Mean Thirteen , we read as Stephanie becomes entangled in her ex- husband Dickie Orr's business and when he disappears leaving only a stain of blood - the fingers are all pointing at Stephanie as the lead suspect in his "murder". What's worse is that Dickie had been sleeping with Joyce - Stephanie's...more
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
...more
I thought you were over Dickie.
- Morelli
Turns out there was some hostility left.
- Stephanie
Do you think I should use the orgasm defense?
- Stephanie
Yeah, my reputation could use a boost.
- Morelli
I need macaroni and cheese, I promised myself French fries, jelly doughnuts, birthday cake… and I never got them.
- Stephanie
I have a better way to make you happy, less fattening but more addicting.
- Ranger
I GOT UP late because there was no real good reason to get up early.
- Stephanie
Babe, you're high as a...more
- Morelli
Turns out there was some hostility left.
- Stephanie
Do you think I should use the orgasm defense?
- Stephanie
Yeah, my reputation could use a boost.
- Morelli
I need macaroni and cheese, I promised myself French fries, jelly doughnuts, birthday cake… and I never got them.
- Stephanie
I have a better way to make you happy, less fattening but more addicting.
- Ranger
I GOT UP late because there was no real good reason to get up early.
- Stephanie
Babe, you're high as a...more
‘Lean Mean Thirteen’ by Janet Evanovich
Doing a favour for Ranger (no, not that sort of favour), brings Stephanie into contact with Dickie Orr. For those of you not up to speed on the life and times of bounty hunter Sptephanie Plum, Dickie Orr and Stephanie were once married for 15 minutes,, then she caught him cheating on her with her sworn enemy Joyce Barnhardt and the marriage was over. Contact between Stephanie and Dickie is always fraught, and this episode is no exception, well except that a...more
Doing a favour for Ranger (no, not that sort of favour), brings Stephanie into contact with Dickie Orr. For those of you not up to speed on the life and times of bounty hunter Sptephanie Plum, Dickie Orr and Stephanie were once married for 15 minutes,, then she caught him cheating on her with her sworn enemy Joyce Barnhardt and the marriage was over. Contact between Stephanie and Dickie is always fraught, and this episode is no exception, well except that a...more
This is.... duh.... the thirteenth book in the Stephanie Plum series. Or actually, the 15th, if you include the two between-the-numbers books.
This time, Stephanie's ex, lawyer Dickie Orr, goes missing, not long after Stephanie fought with him while planting a bug in his office for Ranger. And everyone--but most particularly Joyce Barnhardt, thinks Stephanie's responsible. Thing is, he never changed his will after their divorce, and it's not just Dickie that's missing--there's also a LOT of money...more
This time, Stephanie's ex, lawyer Dickie Orr, goes missing, not long after Stephanie fought with him while planting a bug in his office for Ranger. And everyone--but most particularly Joyce Barnhardt, thinks Stephanie's responsible. Thing is, he never changed his will after their divorce, and it's not just Dickie that's missing--there's also a LOT of money...more
I loved this book just as much as I have loved all of the other Stephanie Plum books. Stephanie is great, as usual, and so are all of the other characters. The plot is also a work of art, not only does Stephanie get to spend some quality time with Ranger, she also has some of the most interesting FTAs I have ever read about, they help out with the plot so well that it is just amazing. An old man with exploding, taxidermy animals and a taxes-doing grave robber. Doesn't get any better than that, a...more
I loved the general response of everyone in the Burg whenever anyone mentioned the cable company - Those F***ers! Excellent. I think I laughed every single time.
I kind of love Stephanie and Dickie encounters. I'm childish enough that still laugh at his name. Seriously, who chooses to go by that nickname? Also, he never fails to be tactless, which always involves Steph attacking him. And the best part, she's never fully explained what made her want to marry him in the first place. It's like she's...more
I kind of love Stephanie and Dickie encounters. I'm childish enough that still laugh at his name. Seriously, who chooses to go by that nickname? Also, he never fails to be tactless, which always involves Steph attacking him. And the best part, she's never fully explained what made her want to marry him in the first place. It's like she's...more
Evanovich makes Stephanie Plum a lovable pixie with a drive to survive - and even do better. Unfortunately, she can't get a better apartment or better clothes because she can't ever find a way to make decent money. She had a husband who might have lent legitimacy to her dysfunctional lifestyle, except he turns out to be light in the moral compass department immediately after the wedding. In this episode of "Stephanie Plum" bail bondswoman, her ex also turns out to be a crook by virtue of the fac...more
For those who have been reading the Stephanie Plum series since One for the Money is not going to find anything new here as usual. That's neither a slam against nor praise towards the book. By now, most readers who managed to reach book 13 isn't really here for an intricate plot, spellbinding prose, or unique character development. We're basically here to see Stephanie go through another jam in both her personal and professional (as much as it is) life and somehow end up on top again, with maybe...more
I'm really tired of hearing that Stephanie was married to Dickie "for about fifteen minutes" before she found him with Joyce on the table. And that "about fifteen minutes" after that, Stephanie filed for divorce.
But I'm tired of a lot of the things that get said over and over in each book to "catch up" anyone who might not have read the upteen books that came before.
But no. No, I don't really mind because they're usually contained in a paragraph immediately following a cue that says, "This next...more
But I'm tired of a lot of the things that get said over and over in each book to "catch up" anyone who might not have read the upteen books that came before.
But no. No, I don't really mind because they're usually contained in a paragraph immediately following a cue that says, "This next...more
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May 20, 2011
Cyndy Aleo
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Janet Evanovich is the #1 bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, twelve romance novels, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and graphic novels, Wicked Appetite (the first book in the Lizzy and Diesel series,) and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.
Also published books under the name Steffie Hall.
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“Babe, you've destroyed a car, burned down two buildings, stapled a guy's nuts, and you have sixteen stitches in your leg. Take a night off. Have a glass of wine, watch some television, and go to bed early."
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