Rita Lakin

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EVENTS

Upcoming Events

If you live in the SF area, here's my latest schedule. Come if you can.

EVENTS NEAR SAN FRANCISCO:

June 11, 2011, 10am to 1pm
Novato Wine Festival.
Have a few drinks then come to the library booth.

July 27, 2011, 7pm
Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA
With 3 wonderful writer friends: Camille Minichino, Juliet Blackwell and Sophie Littlefield.

August 10, 2011, 3:30pm
San Francisco Public Library
With Simon Wood and Pat Morin. Come and join us.

Blog Appearances

Every first Friday of the month I contribute the the Lady Killers blog. Visit the fabulous blog here.

In August 2011 I wrote about my experiences writing in a very male-dominated '60s Hollywood on indieWIRE's Women and Hollywood blog.

Selected Works

Getting Old Can Kill You
When Gladdy and Evvie return from their blissful double honeymoon, they learn the "girls" are striking out on their own, taking Private Eye lessons.

Getting Old Is A Disaster
A hurricane hits Ft. Lauderdale and a dead body shows up from the past.

Getting Old Is Tres Dangereux
Gladdy Gold competes with Jack's very French, very sexy ex while trying to save her from a killer.

Getting Old Is To Die For
Gladdy, Jack, and the girls all go to NY

Getting Old Is Criminal
Jack goes missing and Gladdy has to deal with her true feelings. Through tears and all Gladdy and her girls go on a brand new adventure, going undercover to find a killer at one of the richest retirement complexes of them all.

Getting Old Is The Best Revenge
The Further Adventures of the Oldest Living Private Eye in Florida, Gladdy Gold, and her Indomitable Girls.

Getting Old Is Murder
Meet Gladdy Gold, Florida’s Oldest Private Eye and her Merry Band of Octogenarians

Short Story collection

The Woman Who Hated The Bronx: A Short Story in "Bronx Noir"
One of the short stories in this new collection from Akashic Books publishing.

Links

E-mail Rita

Contact me!

The Lady Killers Blog

I blog for The Lady Killers every 1st Friday of the month.

Women's National Book Association

Mystery Writers of America