This new-to-me mystery series, set in a retirement community in Florida, is the seventh in the Gladdy Gold series. The main character, 75-year-old Gladdy, and her 73-year-old sister Evvie, are just finishing their double honeymoon, and find that their their three cohorts in mystery-solving have decided to create their own detective agency, fearful that the newlyweds will have their husbands join the original agency, Gladdy Gold and Associates. To prepare for opening their own agency, the three others sign up for detective school in a sketchy part of town, taking 3 buses to get there, until they find Rico, an engaging young Latino who's willing to be their driver. In the meantime, Arlene, who lives in their retirement community, has found that her former best friend, Joyce, who'd stolen her husband 55 years ago, seems to be stalking her. When Joyce is found dead, Arlene is the obvious suspect. The two sets of sleuths team up to solve the murder.
One reviewer indicates that Gladdy is a Yiddish Miss Marple, to which I'd say I'd been hoping for even more Yiddish-isms. This book is not excellent literature, but it is a fast, fun read; just what I was looking for.
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