{"product_id":"getting-old-is-murder-paperback","title":"Getting Old Is Murder - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRita Lakin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's not Miss Marple. Her friends are no Charlie's Angels. Nevertheless, 75-year-old Gladdy Gold and her gang of eccentric Fort Lauderdale retirees are out, about, and hunting down a killer-one who is silently stalking them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelma 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 them, Hy Binder won't stop telling them dirty jokes, and crazy old Greta Kronk is doing everything humanly possible to make herself into a suspect. But amid the endless rounds of poolside kibitzing, early-bird specials, bittersweet memories, and interminable grocery-shopping trips, Gladdy and her gals are about to discover how the murders are being committed. And when it comes to catching this culprit-time really is running out....\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter being widowed at a young age with three small children, Rita Lakin began an extensive writing career, which has included staff writing on television programs such as \u003ci\u003ePeyton Place, Mod Squad, Dynasty, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStrong Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as creating original series such as \u003ci\u003eThe Rookies\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won an Edgar Allen Poe award for her screenwriting, as well as receiving several other award nominations, and her two original theatrical plays, \u003ci\u003eNo Language But a Cry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night at Grossingers\u003c\/i\u003e, are still being produced around the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 6.86 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42145080574087,"sku":"9780440242581","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ae18d10dd8c375e6758def5448121479.webp?v=1732953683","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/getting-old-is-murder-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}