Sizzling Sixteen (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Stephanie Plum: Bounty Hunter working for Vinnie Plum and heroine of the novels. Not the greatest in the world, admits that a lot of her captures are more due to luck than anything else. Lives with her hamster Rex. Has an on again off again relationship with Joe Morelli. Describes herself as being 5'7, having blue eyes and curly brown hair. Is infamous for destroying cars, and not always her car either. Described as the Bounty Hunter from Hell by cops.
• Joe Morelli: Trenton PD vice cop and Stephanie's on again off again boyfriend. Has a Ducati and later on a big orange dog named Bob. Described as being 6 feet of hard lean Italian muscle with dark hair and dark eyes and in the words of Stephanie "Yum". Would like to marry Stephanie, on the provision that she quit being a bounty hunter. Calls Stephanie Cupcake
• Ranger: Bounty Hunter who works for Vinnie part time, and also owner of his own security consulting firm in other novels. Has a romantic interest in Stephanie. Formerly Special Forces. Two months older than Stephanie and described as being 6 feet or a few inches under or over. Cuban American with skin the color of a mocha latte, dark hair and dark eyes, always dresses in black, very muscular with no extra fat on him and also Yum. Say he loves Stephanie in his own way. Always drives very expensive black cars. Full name is Ricardo Carlos Manoso. Got the nickname Ranger in Special Forces. Calls Stephanie Babe.
• Vincent "Vinnie" Plum: Owner of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. Stephanie more or less black mails him into giving her a job. He's Stephanie cousin. Said to have had a romantic relationship with a duck at one time. Described as looking like a weasel.
• Lula: File clerk for Vinnie Plum, though how much filing she does is pretty debatable. Used to be a Hooker and still dresses like it. Is described as being short, plus size with a propensity for spandex. Has a talent for jamming her size sixteen body into size ten clothes. Changes her hair color on a regular basis.
• Connie Rosolli: She's the office manager at Plum Bond Agency, first line of defense for Vinnie to avoid several people, have access everything in the office such as armory that store confiscated weapons, bullet proof vest, and stun guns, and knows how to care of herself.
• Mooner: A high school classmate of Stephanie's who is stoned most of the time, and a very laid back person.
• Grandma Mazur: Stephanie's grandmother on her mother's side. Lives with Stephanie's parents. Her favorite past time is going to viewings at the local funeral home.
• Eugene: FTA for removing toliet paper from rest stops along route 106
• Butch Goodey: FTA who works in meat packing plant, who Stephanie tries to use a stun gun on and it didn't work.
• Mr. Jingles: pet alligator to FTA named Chopper.
• Mickey Gritch: Vinnie's bookie that he owns 476,000 dollars to.
• Dirk Mccurdle: FTA client that Stephanie track down because he married four different women.
• Larry: Tries to kidnap Vinnie for his boss, and shoots Lula during the confrontation. He is shot in the knee by Connie.
• Bobby Sunflower: a mobster, who owns several properties and Vinnie owes him money
• Harry: He's Vinnie father in law called Harry the Hammer and owned Plum Bond Agency.
• Lenny Pickeral: FTA client that Stephanie track down for stealing toilet papers out of rest stops on Route 106.
• Ernie Wilkes: best friend of Dirk McCurdle
• Chet: an employee at Ranger's Security Agency called RangeMan.
• Gregor Bluttovich: Born in Varnia, Bulgaria, came to America in '92. A large man dark wiry hair streaked with gray. Close to 6' tall and weighed about 250 pounds.A Bulgarian maniacal mobster, who owns the company that bought the bonds office which is run by Vincent Plum. His nickname is "Blutto".
• Hal: employee for Ranger's Security Agency.
• Joyce Barnhardt: A rival bounty hunter to Stephanie. Her usual attire consisted of a black bustier to show off big breasts, black leather pants, and stilettos shoes. She is especially disliked by Stephanie because of her affair with Stephanie's ex-husband.
• Mo: One of the men that tries to abduct Vinnie, (and then in substitution, Lula, Connie, or Stephanie).
• Fredoc Broadbeam: A Hobbit name of an attendee of the Hobbit convention.
• Tomasina McCurdle: One of Dirk McCurdle's wives.
• Stiva: Name of the funeral home.
• Aunt Mim: An aunt of Vinnie's who would miss him if his abductor killed him.
• Stanley: Add a description of this character.
• Rex: Stephanies's hamster
• Maureen Brown: A Ho who 'did the dirty with Vinnie'
• Grandma Plum: The other relative who would miss Vinnie
• Carl Costanza: A Trenton policeman who responded to 911 call on Dirk McCurdle.
• Walter Dunne: Found behind a dumpster shot 'execution style.'
• Ann McCurdle: One of Dirk's wives.
• Doderick Bracegirdle: Vinnie's hobbit name.
• Lucille: Vinnie's wife.
• Maria Lorenzo
• Roger Drager: Boss of Wellinton company who bought Vinnie's bail bond office. Tis company is a front - an empty office.
• Margaret McCurdle: One of Dirk's wives.
• Uncle Pip: A deceased relative of Stephanies who bequethe her a lucky bottle.
• Stella McCurdle: Dirk's wife #4.
• Tony
• Ysellyra Thorney: Stephanie's hobbit name.
• Poppy Proudfoot: An attendee at the Hobbit convention.
• Milton Shreebush: Who bought is is now the Funeral Director at Shivas.
• Dolly Molinski: The newest of Dirk's wives, #5.
• Bungo Goodchild: Mooner's hobbit name.
• Burt Pickeral: The deceased at the viewing.
• Mr. Sunflower: Boss of Micky Gritch who Vinnie owes money too.
• Hobbit Con: The convention that has drawn hobbit wannabes to Trenton.

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• “My Uncle Pip died and left me his lucky bottle. I suppose I'm fortunate, because he left my Grandma Mazur his false teeth.”

• “"You've just gotta take precautions, like you need to bring a gun with bullets in it".”

  Lula

• “Lula took her Glock out of her bag and stuffed it into her pants, snug to her backbone. She looked at me. "Don't you want to get your gun ready to go?" "I don't have a gun" "What have you got?" "Hairspray."”

  Stephanie Plum and Lula

• “It's a shame we gotta go to hospital" Grandma said, "I feel like having some fun. I wouldn't mind seeing some naked men." "How much Jack did you have?" Lula asked. "I don't need Jack to want to see naked men," Grandma said. "You get to be my age, and there's not a whole lot of opportunity. I signed up for one of those porn movies on TV once, and it was all girls. You only got to see the men from the back. What good is that?"”

  Grandma Mazur and Lula

• “I feel gimpy in this boot" Grandma said. "And my butt cheeks don't match up. One feels higher than the other. I can't squeeze to keep the breezers in."”

  Grandma Mazur

• “If you looked at me with half as much longing as you're looking at that Mercedes, I'd take you upstairs and make you wish you never had to leave my bed"”

  Ranger, to Stephanie

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• I think luck is a weird thing. It’s hard to tell if you make it or if it just follows you around.

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• I had my way, I’d spread sauce on him and work him like a rib.”

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• “There’s four ways to manage stress,” Lula said to me. “There’s drugs, there’s alcohol, there’s sex, and there’s doughnuts. I go with sex and doughnuts. I tried the other two and it wasn’t any good. You being in a dry spell, you might have to rely on doughnuts.”

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• “Fuckin’ A,” Lula said. “But then I never saw a sad doughnut.”

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• “I’m wearing four-inch slut shoes. I can’t kick a door down in slut shoes. It isn’t done. You need boots to kick a door down. Everyone knows that.”

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• “I’m only getting one doughnut,” Lula said, getting out of the Firebird. “I’m on a new diet where I only have one of anything. Like I can have one pea. And I can have one piece of asparagus. And I can have one loaf of bread.”

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• “Only tangentially.”

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• “He got a gazonga fixation,” Lula said. “What is it with men and gazongas? It’s not like women got a nut fixation. It’s not like we go around looking for some guy with basketballs hangin’ down to his knees.”

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• carbuncle on his forehead. He was the one wandered out of the senior complex a couple weeks ago during that thunderstorm, pissed on a downed electric wire, and electrocuted himself.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Wellington
• Trenton
• Stark Street
• Pennsylvania
• Newark

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Finger Lickin' Fifteen, and followed by Smokin' Seventeen.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Janet Evanovich (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3555.V2126 S59 2010
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Contains strong language (including "the 'F' word") and references to intimate/sexual encounters.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( E ) › Evanovich, Janet
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Suspense
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Comic

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