At 320 pages, Janet Evanovich's novel is not exactly lean, but it is tightly wound. Stephanie Plum fans will rejoice as their heroine picks her way...
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Apr 16, 2009
Jennifer
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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
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Dec 17, 2009
Wendyb
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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, b More...
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May 08, 2009
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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, th 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, th More...
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Oct 01, 2008
Jennifer
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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...
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Jun 11, 2008
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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. Rang 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. Rang More...
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Jan 31, 2008
Christy
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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
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Dec 17, 2009
LJ
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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 h 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 h More...
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Dec 17, 2009
Venessa
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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 telli 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 telli More...
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Jun 19, 2008
Rebecca
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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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Aug 23, 2011
Gina
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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.
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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.
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Jun 03, 2008
Kattie
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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 o 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 o More...
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Feb 16, 2008
Bree
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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 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 More...
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Aug 11, 2008
Judi
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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 viewin
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Feb 13, 2008
Amanda
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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 a 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 a More...
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Dec 16, 2009
Terri
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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.
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I didn't even have much interest in the main characters, who have had virtually no character development in the last several books.
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Dec 21, 2007
Keris
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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.
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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.
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Dec 17, 2009
Mimi
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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 exp
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Apr 01, 2009
Alm
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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 More...
The story is decent though. But I was turned off by More...
Dec 28, 2008
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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 f 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 f More...
Feb 05, 2012
Robin
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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
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Dec 12, 2011
Timothy
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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 ma
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Aug 15, 2011
Chy
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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 para 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 para More...
May 20, 2011
Cyndy
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Mar 10, 2011
Amanda
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Lean Mean Thirteen is another fun, fast-paced, funny adventure featuring Stephanie Plum, inept bail bond enforcer. Anyone looking for a quick, laugh-out-loud read will be pleased to follow Stephanie on yet another wild adventure with her wacky crew of colorful characters.
Do not expect much in the way of character development; Stephanie Plum's world works well partly because of its predictability. Readers can always count on a laugh as Stephanie fumbles her way through each new adven More...
Do not expect much in the way of character development; Stephanie Plum's world works well partly because of its predictability. Readers can always count on a laugh as Stephanie fumbles her way through each new adven More...
Feb 24, 2011
Patty
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Janet Evanovich revisits for the 13th time, the world of Stephanie Plum, bail bond detective and crime solver. With her love life torn between the handsome cop, Joe Morelli, and the mysterious Ranger, Stephanie stumbles back into the life of her ex-husband and becomes a suspect in his supposed murder.
Stephanie Plum is a now-single bail bonds woman specializing in arresting criminals who are behind on their bail bonds and need to be arrested and taken to court. In Stephanie’s work, she deal More...
Stephanie Plum is a now-single bail bonds woman specializing in arresting criminals who are behind on their bail bonds and need to be arrested and taken to court. In Stephanie’s work, she deal More...
Nov 02, 2010
Iris
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Hmmmm .... not sure about this one!
Ranger asks Steph to bug her ex-husband and a few days later he’s missing – with Steph as the main suspect. But Joyce Barnhart, her arch enemy, is in the picture as well; Steph doesn’t know what to think of that.
There are lots of FTAs for Steph and Lula, but even in Book 13 (and I-don’t-know-how many years later); Steph is still lousy at her job. Getting zapped all the time isn’t the big laugh anymore and neither is Lula accidently More...
Jul 15, 2010
Tuesday was one of those days ~ I was trying to get things caught up at work because I was scheduled off the rest of the week (my daughter was having surgery Wednesday – tonsils and repair a broken nose). I was stressed and rushed. I was also facing a day in a hospital waiting room without a good book. THEN ~ the eMail I’d been waiting MONTHS for appeared. Janet Evanovich’s Lean Mean Thirteen was READY FOR PICKUP! I wanted to run downstairs to the hold shelves, hugging each and every Techni
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Jul 04, 2010
Jerry
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Light plot does little to spice up this just plum tired series!
We started out huge fans of Janet and Stephanie and could hardly read the first five or six installments fast enough. But when the Ranger/Morelli thing got commonplace, Grandma Mazur had few good lines left, Lulu all too predictable, and even Bob the Dog got tiresome, we started to tune out. Unfortunately, "13" did nothing to break that trend. What little story there is revolves around Steph's ex, Dickie, a lawy More...
We started out huge fans of Janet and Stephanie and could hardly read the first five or six installments fast enough. But when the Ranger/Morelli thing got commonplace, Grandma Mazur had few good lines left, Lulu all too predictable, and even Bob the Dog got tiresome, we started to tune out. Unfortunately, "13" did nothing to break that trend. What little story there is revolves around Steph's ex, Dickie, a lawy More...
Aug 18, 2009
Patrick
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The New Jersey FTA Agent Stephanie Plum, who has a penchant for demolishing automobiles faster than downing a box of donuts seems to have murdered her ex-husband. At least that is what everyone thinks. She and Lula have a great opening scene with Dickie the slimeball—right before he disappears which sets everything in motion. Plum is still bouncing back and forth between Ranger and Morelli, grandma may or may not have another oversexed boyfriend, but either way she changes her hair to flaming re
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Apr 19, 2009
Korynn
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The comfort of the familiar character and the series novel cannot be denied. Every plot is the series novel is similarly constructed and nothing really ever changes. Rex the hamster never lives out his natural short life. Grandma Mazur never has a heart attack. Morelli and Ranger never give up trying to bag Stephanie for deranged reasons only known to them. And Stephanie herself never seems to get it together and that is seriously losing its charm. The hilarious unique situations like exploding
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