Rita Lakin
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
Gladdy Gold may have gone from dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker to South Florida retiree, but she's loving every minute of it. Between poolside gossip, a hot-to-trot boyfriend, and a booming detective business, life couldn't be sunnier--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
Selma Beller was the first to go–but Gladdy and her neighbors never suspected murder until another of their friends died in an eerily similar way. Now a handsome young detective won’t listen to...
Back from schlepping all over New York City, P.I. Gladdy Gold is happy to be on her Florida turf again. Especially now that she and boyfriend Jack Langford are officially an item. But no sooner have the yenta brigade gotten back to their routine--complete with poolside stretching and kvetching--than a notorious outlaw, a.k.a. the "Grandpa Bandit," issues Gladdy's detective agency a direct challenge: Catch me if you can.
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That’s the motto of the Gladdy Gold Detective Agency. Don’t laugh: having solved a case of serial murder, Gladdy and her eccentric neighbors are building their reputation between canasta games and pool exercises–hunting down everything from lost pocketbooks to missing octogenarians. And when a jealous woman sets them after her wayward husband, and a flasher strikes their retirement...