by Rita Lakin (Author)
Gladdy Gold Mystery #3
"The Golden Girls play Nancy Drew in their own funny and creative ways...colorful andMeshugeneh."-Mystery Scene
Gladdy Gold's exotic vacation has reached a pinnacle: a romantic soak in a hot tub with the man she adores, far from Florida and her nosy neighbors...until an urgent message concerning the safety of her best friends sends her running home. Now, her idyll is only a memory, her would-be-beau, Jack, is furious, and not only are the girls of the Gladdy Gold Detective Agency alive and well-they're onto a hot new murder case.
Is a suave senior Romeo to blame for the mysterious deaths in Florida's most luxurious retirement communities? Gladdy and her silver squad of "gossip girls" must go undercover to find out-assuming many fancy airs as possible. But Gladdy's drama queen sister, Evvie's role of a Palm Beach flirt soon turns their fun and games deadly. For by the time the girls ID their perp, Evvie is in the arms of a killer. The mavens of meddling better find out fast
"Twists worthy of Agatha Christie's archetypal dame detective, Miss Marple."-Publishers Weekly
"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." -Fresh Fiction
"Rita Lakin's delightful series featuring senior sleuth Gladdy Gold and her posse of kibitzing friends continues . . . full of humor and heart."-Mystery Scene
Author Biography
Rita Lakin spent twenty-five years in television as a writer and creator on numerous series, including Dynasty, Mod Squad, The Rogues, and Payton Place, movies, miniseries, created a number of dramatic series, finally becoming producer/showrunner on her own shows. She is now writing comedy mystery novels featuring senior sleuth, Gladdy Gold and her eccentric partners in crime-solving. IMBA bestselling Getting Old is a Disaster won the Left Coast Crime LEFTY AWARD for most humorous mystery published in 2009. Her many other awards include Writers Guild of America, MWA Edgar, and the Avery Hopwood award from the University of Michigan. Visit www.ritalakin.com
Number of Pages: 280
Dimensions: 0.59 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: January 13, 2017
