- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Headline Review; First Edition edition (20 Jun 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755337565
- ISBN-13: 978-0755337569
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 275,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Stephanie Plum's ex-husband Dickie Orr has disappeared and Stephanie is the prime suspect in his disappearance. Is Dickie dead? Can he be found? And can Stephanie 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 and the ultimate prize might be her life...
About the Author
Janet Evanovich now lives in New Hampshire but, like Stephanie Plum, grew up in New Jersey. She has won major crime fiction awards for her Stephanie Plum novels: ONE FOR THE MONEY was presented with the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey Award and the Dilys Award, TWO FOR THE DOUGH won the CWA Last Laugh Award and THREE TO GET DEADLY was awarded the CWA Silver Dagger for 1997.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Stephanie Plum's obnoxious ex-husband Dickie Orr goes missing the day after Stephanie tries to strangle him, and she finds has to go searching for him, while being tailed by the equally obnoxious Joyce Barnhardt, who is Dickie's current girlfriend, and who is anxious to find Dickie, or at any rate his money, of which he has a lot. Naturally, this leads Stephanie into all kinds of trouble, and as always, someone is out to kill her.
I thought this book, although not as funny as the early Plums, was an improvement on the last two, it has a better plot and more humour. As always, the supporting players, especially Grandma Mazur and Lula, are fun to meet. There are some funny guest characters, especially the crazy taxidermist who specialises in exploding animals. You may wonder how anyone as incompetent as Stephanie manages to make a living as a bounty hunter (she still can't bring herself to carry her gun, and she still lets people sneak out the back way while she waits for them out the front). And you may wonder how much longer Joe Morelli and Ranger are going to wait for her to make up her mind which one of them she prefers. But never mind, suspend disbelief and just enjoy another helping of Plum.
I thought this book, although not as funny as the early Plums, was an improvement on the last two, it has a better plot and more humour. As always, the supporting players, especially Grandma Mazur and Lula, are fun to meet. There are some funny guest characters, especially the crazy taxidermist who specialises in exploding animals. You may wonder how anyone as incompetent as Stephanie manages to make a living as a bounty hunter (she still can't bring herself to carry her gun, and she still lets people sneak out the back way while she waits for them out the front). And you may wonder how much longer Joe Morelli and Ranger are going to wait for her to make up her mind which one of them she prefers. But never mind, suspend disbelief and just enjoy another helping of Plum.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Every year I look forward less and less to a new Evanovich novel, and I used to anticipate them with more glee than Christmas. The problem is that they are now so very formulaic you can predict almost to the paragraph what will happen next. Don't get me wrong, the characters are wonderful, the wit and humour still spot on (and it is very hard to write funny things) and the pace is still keeping those pages turning, but nevertheless, this story is the same as the one before and the one before that. I keep reading them for the occasional belly laughs and because I want to know what happens next in Stephanie's tangled life, but they are no longer the breath of fresh air they used to be. In this one Stephanie's ex-husband goes missing after she has had a particularly full and frank discussion with him, making her number one suspect. The friction between Stephanie and Joyce Barnhardt is delightful and as ever Grandma Mazur is a superstar, but Rex must be the oldest hamster in the world now and it's time Stephanie moved on a little.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book before any of the reviews have been posted and if I had seen what had been written I would have been fuming, but now I've read (most of) the book I totally agree with the majority of the reviews. I have, like others read the other 12 in this series, but I haven't even finished this one. Its hard to understand what I dislike about the book, and as I love all the characters I've decided it must be the plot. Every book has had the Morelli, Ranger, Stephanie love triangle but now it's just getting irritating and boring. Readers won't put up with recycled plots and lame directionless sub plots. I'm not bothered if the plots are believable or not as long as they don't feel tiresome. I used to eagerly anticipate the release of these books, but sadly now, I think those days have gone. I'm now reading Marcia Muller's latest, she really has stood the test of time.
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Predictable
I read the first 12 of this series over a six week period and found myself wanting to read more each time I finished one. Read more
Published 9 months ago by simplelife
Yet another bril Jan Evan book!!
Am whipping through the Stephanie Plum numbers books - they are fab. Excellent for switching your brain off just before sleep - total escapism without being too deep, gushy,... Read more
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Janet Evanovich has written the thirteenth volume in her funny and fun Stephanie Plum series, and all the characters you've come to love, Grandma Mazur, Joe, Ranger, Lula, Joyce,... Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2008 by Graceann Macleod
Good fun on balance, but only just (and this time I waited for the...
I adored the earlier books in this series, but found I wasn't as gripped by the last couple, so I delayed buying this one. Read more
Published on 9 July 2008 by Deborah
Good fun on balance, but only just
I adored the earlier books in this series, but found I wasn't as gripped by the last couple, so I delayed buying this one. Read more
Published on 7 July 2008 by Deborah
A Romantic Mystery Plum Full of Gags, Jokes, and Ironic Situations
For my money, Lean Mean Thirteen was by far the best beach read of summer 2007. Although you could race through the book at high speed in a few hours, there is enough humor in here... Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2008 by Donald Mitchell
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Published on 18 Oct 2007 by Bentley
Stephanie's in good form
This is another typical outing for Stephanie Plum and associates. This time Stephanie's ex husband Dickie Orr has been in on some shady business and has gone missing. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2007 by Hamstead
just as good
one off the first to buy this book also read all 12 and thought it was just as good..... Keep it up and lets have more..............
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