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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1976
  • Latest Book:
    April 2019
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Full Series List in Order

Gladdy Gold

1 - Getting Old is Murder (Oct-2005)
2 - Getting Old Is the Best Revenge (Apr-2006)
3 - Getting Old is Criminal (May-2007)
4 - Getting Old is to Die For (Jan-2008)
5 - Getting Old is a Disaster (Jan-2009)
6 - Getting Old is Tres Dangereux (Jun-2010)
7 - Getting Old Can Kill You (Jul-2011)
8 - Getting Old Can Hurt You (Oct-2018)
9 - Getting Old Can Haunt You (Apr-2019)

Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • THE POSSESSION OF ELINOR At first Andy could not believe the changes in his wife, Elinor recoiled from his touch. She kept asking about his first wife, Laurie, probing… She hung strange coins on the nursery wall and refused to leave the room. Gr...



  • WHEN IT COMES TO SLEUTHING, YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO START.... She's not Miss Marple. Her friends are no Charlie's Angels. Nevertheless, 75-year-old Gladdy Gold and her gang of Fort Lauderdale retirees are out, about, and hunting down a killer--one...



  • "NEVER TRUST ANYONE UNDER SEVENTY-FIVE!" That's the motto of the Gladdy Gold Detective Agency. Don't laugh: having solved a case of serial murder, Gladdy and her eccentric neighbors are building their reputation between canasta games and pool exer...



  • Gladdy Gold had reached a golden moment. There she was, soaking in a hot tub with a man she adored, far from Fort Lauderdale and her nosy neighbors...until an urgent message sent her running home. Now her exotic vacation is a memory, Gladdy's would-b...



  • 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 ...



  • Back from schlepping all over New York City, P.I. Gladdy Gold is happy to be on her Florida turf again. Especially now that she and boyfriend Jack Langford are officially an item. But no sooner have the yenta brigade gotten back to their routine--com...



  • In Fort Lauderdale, self-proclaimed private eye Gladdy Gold is less interested in her cases than in her whirlwind romance with silver-haired Jack Langford. But just as Jack is about to pop the question to Gladdy, a curvaceous redhead from France inte...



  • Life isn't all sunny in Fort Lauderdale's Lanai Gardens. Returning from a blissful double honeymoon with her sister Evvie, Gladdy Gold announces that she wants her new hubby, Jack, to join her detective agency. But Gladdy's gals say no dice, and soon...







  • The unexpected arrival of a long-lost granddaughter leads to mystery and mayhem in the thoroughly entertaining new Gladdy Gold mystery. ...



  • Gladdy Gold and Associates are tasked with proving a deadly fishing accident was more than it appears in this hilarious cozy mystery. Restless after having no new cases for months and with their partners away on a safari, when a call comes through...



  • Gladdy Gold and Associates are tasked with proving a deadly fishing accident was more than it appears in this hilarious cozy mystery.

    Restless after having no new cases for months and with their partners away on a safari, when a call comes th...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Rita Lakin has published 12 books.

Rita Lakin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Getting Old Can Haunt You, was published in April 2019.

The first book by Rita Lakin, Demon of the Night, was published in September 1976.

Yes. Rita Lakin has 1 series.