Lean Mean Thirteen

Stephen has a public fight with her ex-husband and then he disappears. Stephanie and Ranger try to find out what happened to him and clear Stephanie. We slowly find out more about Ranger with each book. I so want him and Stephanie to end up together. He just seems to care a lot more about her than Morrelli. I love these books. I listen to them on audiobook and just love the narrator.

In the 14th book, many series are showing their age, getting annoyingly repetitive/derivative...and just dull. Not Stephanie Plum (‘tho you could make the case that some of the earlier books did). Really, really good read–fun, complicated case. Not too slapstick-y (there is still slapstick–it is a Plum book)–no time at a mortuary (yay!), even Joyce adds something to the storyline (which she hasn't done in ages).

Action, laughs, a wee bit o' character development–all in all, a solid Plum adventure. One of Evanovich's best.

Stephanie Plum has to rescue her sorry ex-husband in this episode of the life of a bumbling bounty hunter. The usual odder-than-odd characters abound: a grave robber, a taxidermist, a promising boyfriend for Grandma Mazur. I've not yet grown weary of Plum and her friends.

Better than 10, 11, and 12. That's an improvement. Just not a big improvement. At times I thought I saw a glimmer of growth in Stephanie but then she'd do something stupid and we'd be back at square one.