Lean Mean Thirteen

Lean Mean Thirteen
First edition
AuthorJanet Evanovich
LanguageEnglish
SeriesStephanie Plum
GenreCrime novel
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
Publication date
June 19, 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages486 pp
ISBN0-7393-2733-X
OCLC104626191
Preceded byPlum Lovin' 
Followed byPlum Lucky and Fearless Fourteen 

Lean Mean Thirteen is a 2007 novel by Janet Evanovich, the thirteenth in the Stephanie Plum series. It was released on June 19, 2007.

The novel marks another thematic shift in the series; the first through seventh novels focus on Stephanie learning her trade as a bounty hunter, and the travails that come as she tries to apprehend a particular fugitive. The eighth through twelfth novels feature Stephanie coping with being stalked by criminals for various reasons; Lean Mean Thirteen, and several of the subsequent novels, focus on Stephanie getting caught up in the search for a missing person, in a manner related only peripherally, or not at all, to her work as a fugitive apprehension agent.