LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN

Lorelei King teams up with Evanovich for this newest laugh-out-loud Stephanie Plum novel. King is so Plum, perfectly catching the bounty hunter’s sardonic view of life, love, and crime. King is also great at dramatizing two of Plum’s least favorite people: Dickie Orr, her annoying ex-husband, to whom she was married for only 15 minutes, and his new girlfriend, Plum’s arch-nemesis, the shapely, snotty Joyce Bernhardt, who’s after Dickie’s money. When Dickie goes missing with $40 million, Plum gets mixed up with a mess of wacky characters, all of whom King actualizes perfectly—from Lula the ex-prostitute to a taxidermist who plants bombs inside dead beavers. This CD includes an interview with the author. S.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/ NOV 07]