Sizzling Sixteen - Janet Evanovich

Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a lucky bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didnt specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck. . . .BAD LUCK:Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, has run up a gambling debt of $786,000 with mobster Bobby Sunflower and is being held until the cash can be produced. Nobody else will pay to get Vinnie back, leaving it up to Stephanie, office manager Connie, and file clerk Lula to raise the money if they want to save their jobs.GOOD LUCK:Being in the business of tracking down people, Stephanie, Lula, and Connie have an advantage in finding Vinnie. If they can rescue him, it will buy them some time to raise the cash.BAD LUCK:Finding a safe place to hide Vinnie turns out to be harder than raising $786,000. Vinnies messing up Mooners vibe, running up pay-per-view porn charges in Rangers apartment, and making Stephanie question genetics.GOOD LUCK:Between a bonds office yard sale that has the entire Burg turning out, Mooners Hobbit-Con charity event, and Uncle Pips lucky bottle, they just might raise enough money to save the business, and Vinnie, from ruin.BAD LUCK:Saving Vincent Plum Bail Bonds means Stephanie can keep being a bounty hunter. In Trenton, this involves hunting down a man wanted for polygamy, a turnpike toilet paper bandit, and a drug dealer with a pet alligator named Mr. Jingles.GOOD LUCK:The job of bounty hunter comes with perks in the guise of Trentons hottest cop, Joe Morelli, and the dark and dangerous security expert, Ranger. With any luck at all, Uncle Pips lucky bottle will have Stephanie getting lucky--the only question is . . . with whom?Sizzling Sixteen . . . so hot, the pages might spontaneously combust!

Published: 2010-06-29 (Random House)

ISBN: 9780739377727

Language: English

Format: Paperback, 371 pages

Goodreads' rating: -

Genres

Womens Fiction Mystery Fiction Romance Chick Lit Humor

Reviews

Coop rated it

Worse than the last book. Don't waste your time. Not that you'll spend a lot of time reading--the book was printed with large margins & big print to disguise the fact that there isn't much book. Took me 90 minutes to read it. Nor is there much of a plot. Vinnie's been kidnapped. Hard to believe anyone would want to save a sleazebag but Stephanie, Connie, & Lula do & it's the same-old, same-old. Ditto with Stephanie's relationships with Ranger & Morelli. Even the usual car crash is tired & old. After the car crash, Hal says to Stephanie, "No disrespect but you've done better."The same can be said to Janet Evanovich about this book. It has been suggested by other reviewers that this book was ghostwritten. I could believe it. Also it appears that the copy was not proofed before printing. Bookeeping?? Come on! Also, one incident mentioned on the book jacket flap, where Vinnie is "running up pay-per-view porn charges in...Ranger's apartment", does not even show up in the story itself. Again, bad proofing? Save your money--if you absolutely have to read the book because it's next in the series, borrow it from the library!

Munroe rated it

*sigh* ...and Ms. Evanovich adds yet another story to her numbers series where Stephanie almost gets with Ranger for a split second, but doesn't. AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!! I can't believe that after 16 books, she's only with him once. Why do they keep throwing her back in with Morelli? Why! I hate that guy! *ahem* So, apart from my Ranger frustration, these books seem to be getting more and more formulaic. Stephanie has to find someone, a bigger plot is uncovered. Crazy hijinks involving Lula, some sort of fried food product, and a bizaar animal or two ensue. Add some new quirky side characters and voila you have a Stephanie Plum book. It seems like there was more depth to the first nine or ten books. Like you really felt that Steph was in danger at various points throughout the story. Now, it's just crazy shenanigans and running around the whole time. Ah well...maybe she'll get with Ranger next time. ;)

Anissa rated it

The last time I read this book, I wasn't all that keen on it, but, this time, I loved it!! How many writers get the fun of saying Hobbits are related to Munchkins? And, Connie, who gets some of the best lines in this book, "I want to rescue Vinnie so I can kick his perverted ass all the way from the bond's office to the hospital." Hilarious! Then there's Mooner back, and this time with Hobbits, add a yard sale with dynamite and pot brownies, it's one ridiculously funny thing after another. Oh, and did I mention the alligator? (Tee hee) Excuse me while I go check out some yard sales. I'm looking for 'baked' goods.Reread May 2018 still loving this book and still looking for a yard sale with Mooner brownies!