Recipe for disaster: Celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle comes to Trenton to participate in a barbecue cook-off and loses his head – literally. Throw in some spice: Bail bonds office worker Lula is witness to the crime, and the only one she’ll talk to is Trenton cop, Joe Morelli. Pump up the heat: Chipotle’s sponsor is offering a million-dollar reward to anyone who can provide information leading to … who can provide information leading to the capture of the killers.
Stir the pot: Lula recruits bounty hunter Stephanie Plum to help her find the killers and collect the moolah.
Add a secret ingredient: Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur. Enough said.
Bring to a boil: Can Stephanie hunt down two killers, a traitor, five skips, keep her grandmother out of the sauce, solve Ranger’s problems and not jump his bones?
Warning: Janet Evanovich’s Finger Lickin’ Fifteen is habanero hot. So good you’ll want seconds.
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4 of 5 stars to Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, the 15th book in the Stephanie Plum mystery series, written by Janet Evanovich and published in 2009. Evanovich packed a lot of action into this installment, covering more than usual in Stephanie’s crazy life. To start off, she’s moonlighting for Ranger to help him figure out who’s stealing from his business. Not for nothing, and though she may be getting better a bounty hunter and detective, how can Ranger not solve this on his own? And who would seriously take the risk of his punishment, if ever caught. It’s certainly just a plot device to bring Ranger and Stephanie closer, building the sexual tension and pushing her towards him and away from Morelli in this book.
But then again, her momma is still setting up blind dates for Stephanie, so she’s got more than enough men to go around, even if some of them are scarier than the criminals she’s chasing. And in this one, Lula asks her to help find the two killers she saw decapitate a celebrity chef. All because she wants the $1M finders fee. But we know that ain’t gonna happen because there’d be no story if Stephanie collected half of that fee. She’d not need to work again, at least as a bounty hunter.
The fun part is the cooking concepts baked into this book… and the spice of all the zany characters. The mysteries got stronger, in part because there were a few going around in this installment. And you’ve got the normal shenanigans with Stephanie’s family and friends. All in all, this is one of the better ones and when I was thinking of putting the series down for a bit, this convinced me to give it a few more books before I decided.
This whole series of books is just funny, easy reading. The situations they get in to and how they react/handle them are just hilarious.
Don’t know if I’ll want chicken or doughnuts anytime soon, but fun times.
Love reading Stephanie plum and Lula characters working a case
All Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series novels are fun and at times, laugh out loud funny. As far as I am concerned, she can’t write new books fast enough!
I laugh out loud at all the books in this series!
You wil love this book
She makes me laugh out loud.
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen was, at no surprise, wonderfully bizarre right from the start. Famous chef Stanley Chipotle comes to Trenton, New Jersey, to participate in a BBQ cook off. Unfortunately, he’s murdered, actually beheaded out in the street. Stephanie Plum’s co-worker and pal, Lulu, is a witness to the murder. Lulu will only deal with police officer Joe Morelli. A million dollar reward is offered for the captureof the killer(s). Lulu and Stephanie set out to get the reward. True to form, Stephanie torches Ranger’s Porsche and her own apartment is firebombed. A crazy, entertaining read.
Great story. Read it awhile ago. Stephanie is main character Totally can relate with her. Based in New Jersey Fabulous book!!!
Lula makes me laugh!!!
Quick and enjoyable
Stephanie Plum series is great!!
Totally Love this series
Janet Evanovich’s wise-cracking bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, has plenty of nerve which gets her into lots of interesting situations with bail jumpers and her two sometime lovers/knights errant. Lots of action and laughs.
Quick fun read
It’s a good read. I enjoy the characters who seem to stumble and bumble their way to solving crime. Stephanie never takes herself too seriously, but knows she has a job to do and somehow always manages to get it done.
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An enjoyable read
I love the entire Stephanie Plum Series. It’s a great easy read!