Palm Beach is a wealthy com­mu­ni­ty full of senior cit­i­zens. One group of women spends lots of time shop­ping for lux­u­ry goods, play­ing bridge, and din­ing out. They may have health chal­lenges and they are octo­ge­nar­i­ans, but they still enjoy life to the fullest. All is well, despite attend­ing funer­als on a reg­u­lar basis, until one mem­ber of the group feels that she deserves more, and starts to help her­self to it. She takes her friend, Bun­ny Boardman’s, cred­it card and buys a few things, assum­ing that Bun­ny will not notice. Bun­ny does and, a short time lat­er, she is dead. The police rule the death acci­den­tal, but Flossy Kane, a feisty woman liv­ing with chron­ic lung prob­lems, thinks that some­thing is wrong. As oth­er women in their group die, she real­izes that they are all in dan­ger, and begins to inves­ti­gate with the help of her home health aide, Frances Car­do­zo. This is a nice cozy nov­el set in a Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty that will appeal to those who enjoy mys­ter­ies. It is good to see seniors fea­tured as investigators.

Relat­ed Content:

• Don’t Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman
• Books by Pam Jenoff
• Respon­si­ble Men by Edward Schwarzschild