Gladdy Gold, a 75-year-old practicing private eye, resides at the Lanai Gardens in Fort Lauderdale with her sister, Evvie, who's dealing with a broken heart following their last case. Evvie refuses to participate in their next investigation, instead preferring to wallow in self-pity. The other members of their senior sleuth group stop trying to raise Evvie's spirits and begin their new case.
Frustrated with her boyfriend Jack, who wants a commitment from her, Gladdy talks Evvie into a quick trip to New York City to see her daughter. Unbeknownst to Gladdy, Jack is in New York reopening the cold case of the murder of Gladdy's husband. Jack believes if he can find answers, Gladdy will finally let the past go and commit to him.
When fellow detectives Ida, Sophie and Bella turn up in New York, trying to catch a criminal by posing as bag ladies, the stage is set for laughs, tears and finally some answers to questions that have haunted Gladdy for years.
Ms. Lakin pens an entertaining cozy mystery series with a set of lovable and oddball characters. The mystery has a puzzling plot with twists and turns that will surprise readers at the outcome. Retirement takes on a new meaning after spending time with Gladdy and her gladiators!
Gladdy Gold may have gone from dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker
to South Florida retiree, but sheβs loving every minute of
it. Between poolside gossip, a hot-to-trot boyfriend, and
a booming detective business, life couldnβt be sunnier β
until a trip back north with her sister Evvie leads to
murder and mayhem starring the usual suspects.
Unbeknownst to Gladdy, her fellow detectives
are hot on her trail. Sophie, Bella, and Ida no sooner
land their tootsies in the Big Apple than trouble promptly
finds them. But while the girls go deep undercover, posing
as bag ladies to catch a criminal, thereβs another
surprise awaiting Gladdy. Her boyfriend, Jack, is in town
too β and heβs reopening a 47-year-old cold case: the
murder of Gladdyβs husband. Can Gladdy and Jack join
forces to solve a decades-old crime β and maybe heal some
wounded hearts in the process?
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