Of course, she gets help from her cast of characters along the way. In order not to end up in the clinker herself Stephanie decides to find her no good ex. Not only because she caught Dickie boinking her arch nemesis Joyce Barnhardt on the dining room table, which precedes the end of her 15 minute marriage, but also because Dickie is a total schmuck and PITA.ĭickie has gone missing after a very high octane meeting with Stephanie, so now Steph is a suspect in his disappearance and possible demise. If you've read any of these books you know that Stephanie loathes the air Dickie breathes. In LM13, Stephanie is trying to find her ex-husband Dickie Orr. Evanovich certainly leaves some bread crumbs in that direction. I do sense and hope that Stephanie is getting ready to make some changes in her life. This book is much more focused on Stephanie working her cases and less on her personal life. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN isn't a total bounce back, but it was a pretty good book. Of course, all of this is suspect since I entered the store with the store coupon which discounted the sale price for the new release. So what are the odds that there would be two stinkers in a row? I then snatch the book from the shelf and march myself to the checkout.
I think to myself, "It can't be as bad as the last book." Then I recall that over the course of the series there were some installments that were better than others.
My story, and I'm stickin' to it, goes like this, a year goes by and I'm wandering the book aisles of my local Barnes and Noble when I spy the latest Evanovich hardcover and 13th Stephanie Plum book. With the author’s usual cast of eccentric side characters-everything from a taxidermist with a penchant for bombs to a grave-robbing tax man-Evanovich proves once again that Stephanie Plum and her entourage are here to stay.If you remember my disappointment last year with TWELVE SHARP you are probably wondering if I've lost my mind or won the lottery, or at the very least what possessed me to buy LEAN MEAN 13. And when Dickie’s jilted business partners decide Stephanie holds the key to the $40 million they believe Dickie stole from them, she’s in for a wild ride. Determined to clear her name, Plum and her on-again off-again Trenton cop boyfriend, the irresistible Joe Morelli, uncover Dickie’s ties to a shady group of men involved in everything from money laundering to drug running. But when Dickie disappears from his house leaving behind only bloodstains and bullet holes, Plum becomes the prime suspect in his alleged murder. 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. ), bestseller Evanovich is in top, quirky form. In her rollicking 13th Stephanie Plum adventure (after Twelve Sharp
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