Rita Lakin

Getting Old Can Kill You
When Gladdy and Evvie return from their blissful double honeymoon, they learn the "girls," thinking they are being replaced by the new husbands, are striking out on their own, taking Private Eye lessons. Now they will be in competition with the Gladdy Gold agency.

There's trouble brewing in their condo. Joyce Steiner moves in, rekindling a 50-year feud with Arlene Simon. Joyce stole her husband back then and there is no forgiveness. When Joyce is found murdered, Arlene becomes the prime subject.

Gladdy and the girls must band together to find the real killer.

Getting Old Is A Disaster
Jack and Gladdy's plans to marry come to a halt when a hurricane hits. A skeleton from the past is found under Jack's building. Gladdy and the girls must solve the case which involves one of their dear friends. It's a tossup. Will the hurricane get them or will the murderer among them finish them off.

Getting Old Is Tres Dangereux
Gladdy Gold finds out that she has a competitor wanting to steal Jack langford away from her. She's a gorgeous younger redhead from France.

Not only that, but there is a killer wanting to murder the Frenchwoman, and Jack is the only one who can save her.

Thrills and chills. Don't miss it!

Getting Old Is To Die For
The 4th book in the series.
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 concerning a fifty-year-old cold case.

Getting Old Is Criminal
The 3rd book in the series.
Look for Gladdy Gold's third novel, Getting Old is Criminal when the girls go undercover to search for a romantic killer called "Romeo" in a fancy retirement community.

Getting Old Is The Best Revenge
The 2nd book in the series.
Gladdy Gold has a booming new P.I. business. When they win a free trip on a fancy cruise ship, Gladdy and her girls find themselves tracking down a ruthless killer on board. Somebody is murdering the richest women in Florida! And the fourth victim is on this ship.

Getting Old Is Murder
The first book in the Gladdy Gold series.
She’s seventy-five. She’s hilarious. She’s relentless. If you’re a senior citizen in trouble, you need Gladdy. The world think seniors are invisible. Gladdy can solve your problems because she’s one of you. Her credentials? More than thirty years of reading mysteries, Smart? You bet, she’s a retired librarian, as well.

The Woman Who Hated The Bronx: A Short Story in "Bronx Noir"
A young woman marries a man who brings her to his home in the Bronx, a place that terrifies her because of her strange past.

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