Sizzling Sixteen

A Stephanie Plum Novel

By: Janet Evanovich

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a "lucky" bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn't 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. Vinnie's messing up Mooner's vibe, running up pay-per-view porn charges in Ranger's apartment, and making Stephanie question genetics.

GOOD LUCK:

Between a bonds office yard sale that has the entire Burg turning out, Mooner's Hobbit-Con charity event, and Uncle Pip's 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 Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, and the dark and dangerous security expert, Ranger. With any luck at all, Uncle Pip's lucky bottle will have Stephanie getting lucky---the only question is . . . with whom?

Janet Evanovich's Sizzling Sixteen . . . so hot, the book might spontaneously combust!

Jersey girl: listen to more in the Stephanie Plum series.

©2010 Evanovich, Inc (P)2010 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“Lorelei King performs Evanovich's most recent mystery with her usual panache…King's tone is just right for Plum's madcap adventures.” —AudioFile magazine

“Lorelei King may be only one person but she realistically creates all the diverse characters…Listeners will never be able to imagine anyone else narrating the wild times of Stephanie and her friends. Entertaining listening at its best.” —SoundCommentary.com

“For fans of Evanovich mysteries on audiobook, Lorelei King is more than a reader -- she is Stepahnie Plum.” —Publishers Weekly

My Plum fix for the year!

I always know summer is here when I get a new installment of Stephanie's adventures! I listen to this book everywhere and it is embarrassing that it makes me laugh out loud but I love it!
I almost do not want it to be adapted into a movie form because it could never live up to the books!!! Keep them coming, Janet!

Great story!

Would you consider the audio edition of Sizzling Sixteen to be better than the print version?

I prefer to listen to my books

Who was your favorite character and why?

Stephanie, she stumbles right into success!

Which scene was your favorite?

When they shot at the mobsters in the bails bond office

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If I had the time I could have listened to it from start to finish

sizzle!

Janet Evanovich sizzles again! This series is always a delight to read. Eye candy and lots of laughs.

Stephanie Plum at it again!

I absolutley love Janet Evanvixh writing. she is an interesting story teller and the reader Lorelei King does the characters justice.

Sizzling Sixteen

It was crazy with Lulu buying lottery tickets and letting the FTA escape. But I love Janet Evanovich stories, that is mostly what I listen to. I’m obsessed!

Not as strong as previous in series.disappointed.

I was disappointed in the story... maybe because it is hard to care about Vinnie.

Enough Already

While a Stephanie Plum novel is always a rip roaring laugh through the pages, after 16 novels, enough is enough. Counted among several of my friends, we all agree that the ongoing lack of decision between Morale and Ranger has grown tiresome. Come on Janet, make a choice and develop the relationship.

Always entertaining

I've never been disappointed by this series and this book was no exception. I found myself laughing out loud several times. I just love Lula's attitude! I hope Janet Evanovich continues these books, I would miss them very much if they stopped. Team Ranger all the way!

Love the story, Love the narrator

These books make me smile and I cannot imagine anyone else narrating the Plum series.

Tolkien Would Have Approved (perhaps)

Pretty obvious that you like Stephanie Plum novels or you wouldn’t be reading a review of #16.

Standard formula we all love, characters we like. We learn quite a bit more about Vincent Plum is this one.

Second Audible book I’ve heard/read and first in the Plum series. Very very high quality narration. 5 stars all around. You will like it. Now on to #17 😎