by Rita Lakin (2006)
She'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.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 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....From the Paperback edition.
Joseph T. Klempner
When three reality TV representatives appeal to a famous retired judge for help with a show that they claim will support the judge's political stance opposing the death penalty, a deadly rivalry quickly ensues that places the judge's safety in jeopardy.
created by Gertrude Chandler Warner
When their grandfather buys a bookstore at auction in New Orleans, the Alden children help clean it up and discover that several people seem to be obsessed with the store and its contents.
Jürgen Lodemann
Hingerichtet und sorgfältig drapiert liegt ein türkischer Gastarbeiter in der Baugrube am Viehofer Platz. Die Polizei hat offenbar kein Interesse daran, den mysteriösen Todesfall aufzuklären. Langensiepen, mittlerweile Privatdetektiv, sucht nach Zusammenhängen zwischen dem toten Türken und dem Milliardengeschäft von Breitbandverkabelung, Kommerzfernsehen und Informationsrevolution. Lediglich Rosa Bergmann, eine fremdgehende Sittenwächterin, die sich mit dem verordneten Desinteresse ihrer Behörde nicht abfinden will, steht ihm zur Seite. Je tiefer sie in den Fall eindringen, desto mehr alte Geschichten tun sich ihnen auf. Was haben aber ein Arbeiteraufstand vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg, eine in den dreißiger Jahren ertrunkene Schwimmerin und ein nationalsozialistisches Zwangsarbeiterlager damit zu tun? Langensiepen verheddert sich in dem zeitlosen Netz aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Bürokratie.
Jordan Cray
While on a brief vacation in Key West, sixteen-year-old Annie and her stepbrother Nick do an internet search that inadvertently involves them in a dangerous murder mystery.