Lean Mean Thirteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel - Hardcover

Janet Evanovich

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312349491 ISBN 13: 9780312349493

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2007

Synopsis

New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most outrageous adventure yet

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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.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

13 REASONS TO LOVE AUTHOR JANET EVANOVICH

SHE'S...

1. "LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY."
―St. Louis Post Dispatch

2. "HOT AND SASSY."
―The Boston Herald

3. "A PLUM PICK."
―People

4. "IRRESISTIBLE."
―Houston Chronicle

5. "BRILLIANTLY EVOCATIVE."
―Denver Post

6. "A MUST READ."
―Midwest Book Review

7. "THE CROWN PRINCESS OF DETECTIVE FICTION."
―Bookpage

8. "OUTRAGEOUS."
―Publishers Weekly

9. "THE MASTER OF SNAPPY DIALOGUE."
―San Francisco Chronicle

10. " STUNNING."
―Booklist

11. " OFF BEAT AND HILARIOUS...SHE ROCKS!"
―Romantic Times BOOKreviews

12. "HIGLY ENJOYABLE...WHO CAN RESIST?"
―Chicago Tribune

13. " A GOOD TIME."
―New York Daily News

About the Author:

Janet Evanovich is the author of the Stephanie Plum books, including One for the Money and Sizzling Sixteen, and the Diesel & Tucker series, including Wicked Appetite. Janet studied painting at Douglass College, but that art form never quite fit, and she soon moved on to writing stories. She didn't have instant success: she collected a big box of rejection letters. As she puts it, "When the box was full I burned the whole damn thing, crammed myself into pantyhose and went to work for a temp agency." But after a few months of secretarial work, she managed to sell her first novel for $2,000. She immediately quit her job and started working full-time as a writer. After 12 romance novels, she switched to mystery, and created Stephanie Plum. The rest is history. Janet's favorite exercise is shopping, and her drug of choice is Cheeze Doodles. She and her husband live in New Hampshire, in house with a view of the Connecticut River Valley.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312349491
• ISBN 13: 9780312349493
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310