It's never a dull moment for Florida's most feisty and
oldest living senior sleuths. Gladdy Gold and the girls of
the Gladdy Gold Detective Agency are on the trail of a
Peeping Tom right at home in Lanai Gardens. Then a call
comes in for Gladdy and a partner from the agency to go
undercover at a posh villa in Palm Beach to expose a
suspected killer. Gladdy chooses her sister Evvie and off
they go. The setting may be luxurious, but the assignment
is dangerous.
After acquiring cooperation from the management of
Wilmington House, Gladdy and Evvie arrive (separately) to
begin their new job. They promised to blend in but right
off, Evvie uses all of her acting skills to flirt her way
into the arms of the suspect. His name is Philip and Evvie
thinks she's in love. This is not the way Gladdy wants
things to go. Is he a killer and will Evvie be his next
victim?
GETTING OLD IN CRIMINAL by Rita Lakin is
outrageously funny and one of the best mysteries I've read
in a long time. I hope Ms. Lakin keeps this series going.
Gladdy Gold had reached a golden moment. There she was,
soaking in a hot tub with a man she adored, far from Fort
Lauderdale and her nosy neighbors…until an urgent message
sent her running home. Now her exotic vacation is a memory,
Gladdy’s would-be beau, Jack, is furious, and not only are
the girls of the Gladdy Gold Detective Agency all alive and
well—they’re onto a hot new murder case.
Is a retirement-home Romeo to blame for the mysterious
deaths in Florida’s most luxurious communities? Gladdy and
her curious kibitzers will have to go undercover to find
out—covering themselves with as many fancy-schmancy airs as
possible. But with Gladdy’s drama queen sister Evvie
playing the role of a Palm Beach flirt, their fun and games
turn deadly. For by the time the girls ID their perp, Evvie
is in the arms of a killer—and loving it.…