SECRETS OF THE PAST ARE UNRAVELING IN PINEAPPLE PORT…“Amy is one of my favorite authors. I highly recommend all of her books. No matter what genre she writes in, she manages to create books that demand that the pages be immediately turned to find out what happened,because you really care about the characters.” – Dianne Harman, USA Today and Amazon Chart #1 Bestselling AuthorHumor, thrills and … Author
Humor, thrills and mystery abound in the SIXTH Pineapple Port Mystery. Charlotte, the 55+ community’s young female sleuth is thrust into a thrilling struggle to survive when her friend Jackie’s underground “mature” disco is infiltrated by violent criminals intent on claiming the club as their own.
Even more frightening — the ridiculously vengeful Gloria is back and on the warpath after a playful suitor goes missing.
Charlotte must search for the connection between the two cases with the help of Declan, whose own secret past with crazy, serial killer-spawn Stephanie is beginning to show…
Fans of female-sleuth authors like Jana Deleon, Lilian Jackson Braun, Gina Lamanna and Janet Evanovich will love the Pineapple Port series’ abundant humor and clever plots — as well as Charlotte’s sharp intellect and the love and loyalty she holds for the wacky 55+ community who raised her.
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Gloria moved out of Pineapple Port when she got some money and got a place on the beach. She took many walks, and she noticed a good looking man crossing her path every day. One day, he appeared wearing a new tee shirt with one word on it. The next day, it appeared with another word. The man used this method to ask Gloria for a date, but when she bought her own tee shirt and wrote “Yes” on it, he didn’t show up to see it. Gloria gave it two days and then she called Charlotte, her old friend and recently licensed private eye. Charlotte finds out at the same time that Seamus’ girlfriend Jackie has opened a disco exclusively for the 55-and-older crowd. The club is out in the middle of the swamps of Florida with no cell service in such a remote location, but Jackie needs Charlotte’s services too. Interesting things happen, seemingly inevitable. I loved this book!
A fun, clean romp with amusing senior citizens, hot boyfriends, and kidnapping and drug lord mysteries!
Drug dealers get involved with the Pineapple Disco and there is a lot of action with Charlotte, a woman over 50 who is a detective helping her friend Jackie with problems when violent violent criminals intent on claiming the club as their own. More problems for Charlotte is the two cases between Declan who has a secret past with Stephanie, an assassin hired by the competition.
This review is for the audio book.
Wow, I just loved this book!!! What I like with this book and the whole series is with the fun spunky characters you have no clue what they are going to get up to next and where the story will take you next. Most of the characters might be of retirement age but that doesn’t stop them from trying to out run bullets and drug dealers, with hilarious out comes. Don’t listen to this book in a quite place ,like a library as you will have to keep explaining why you are laughing.
Charlotte’s latest client has a missing boyfriend that she needs found so they can go on a date oh and find out his name. At the same time her friend Jackie is being hassled to sell her business and Declan volunteers to act as a bouncer for under ground night club. Before either have time to catch there breath and work out what they have got themselves involved in they are hiding from drugs dealers with a mission to kill. Add in Stephanie, Declan’s ex girlfriend and blood isn’t the only thing that is going to spill. But is Charlotte ready to take on secrets as well as bullets.
I really like the narrator and think she does a wonderful job bringing all the characters to life in this explosive story. Five stars all round and a must listen. Can’t wait fir the next book.
I love reading about the characters in Pineapple Port! Yes, they are a bit off center, so to speak. Yes they are always doing something they probably shouldn’t, especially Charlotte, the only under 55+ resident. She fancies herself as a private investigator. In this story she is looking for a missing person. Then her friend, Jackie’s ‘underground mature disco’ gets infiltrated by violent criminals who want to take over the club for themselves. Charlotte asks Declan, some one who isn’t a true and up standing, straight as an arrow citizen for help. There has to be some connection between the two cases. Sit back, grab your favorite beverage and enjoy the ride in this one! You won’t be sorry. I voluntarily reviewed ARC of this book.
love the wacky new covers!
the pineapple port mystery series takes a darker turn in this book.
background on a few long time characters reveals some surprising mysteries!
Jackie faces more challenges with her underground club / disco.
full of fun, but more macabre than many of the previous books – a great choice if you enjoy some dark humor with your mysteries!
This is what good escapist fiction is all about — spending time with a cast of hilarious characters in a wild scheme that takes you away from the everyday world you inhabit. I laughed out loud with gusto.
This is another good cozy mystery in the Pineapple Port series. It’s been fun to see the characters reappear in the additional books, and see their personalities come alive.
5 stars
I purchased Pineapple Disco A Pineapple Port Mystery: Book Six by Amy Vansant on 5/28/18 and this review was given freely.
A cozy mystery which is not only action packed but ironic in that all the characters’ lives are interwoven in multiple ways. Complex with multiple twists and turns the author interweaves the vindictive but love struck Gloria, the jealous serial killer Stephanie, a secret concerning Declan’s past,a secret drug lord, the ruin of Jackie’s disco, Charlotte’s interfering family of seniors and Charlotte stumbling into more than she bargained for as she tries to find the missing Ryan.
“Pineapple Disco” earns 4/5 Shiny Dance Balls…Delightful Fun!
The Pineapple Port Mysteries by Amy Vansant is a delightful, yet unique, series in the cozy genre that joins together multiple generations in the pursuit of justice. Circumstances have allowed Charlotte to stay a resident at a 55+ retirement community with her best friends, a plethora of senior citizens who don’t necessarily resign the selves to a slow-paced retirement. I have read the series from the beginning, but newbies can jump in at any point since there are plenty of references to background and character connections to keep one engaged. Amy’s sixth installment is very entertaining with two mysteries that just may be connected: a missing person and bullies at the underground “senior citizen’s” club. Again the group sets off investigating, sometimes in opposite directions, but the final solution, motive, and perps is very satisfying. Along with the cozy-style mystery, we have relationship problems, cross-generation miscues, and more than a few giggles. Great series, and you can start here with this entertaining book.
Another great book in this series
This was a good book, but not as good as Pineapple Lies.
Pineapple Disco, book 6 Amy Vansant’s Pineapple Port Mystery. A very, clever and unique series with FABULOUS New Covers!!! As a teenager, main character Charlotte Morgan moved in with her grandmother, to Pineapple Port, FL, a lively 55+ yr old community. In her early twenties her grandmother died and left her the home. At almost 30 yrs old she still enjoys living there. And has several ‘grandparents’. The husband of one is the town police chief. Her boyfriend Duncan owns an antique/resale furniture shop, doing quite a bit of business at Pineapple Port and other such communities. With the help of Duncan’s live in uncle, Charlotte has gone from amateur sleuth to practicing private investigator. She has solved several murders, thefts and other situations these lively neighbors bring her. Lots of Actions. Laugh Out Loud Humor. Romance and Clever everyday living. Unpredictable twists and turns. I read this book on Kindle Unlimited. Ready for book 7 and any other new Amy Vansant’s books!!! Reading one AV book will lead readers to reading her others!!! These new covers are perfect for this series!!!
An absolute riot of fun. A great, action-packed mystery that’s filled with humour and colourful characters. Well-written as always and part of a great series!!
The latest in Amy Vansant’s series of Pineapple Port books is a change of pace. For once Charlotte is not investigating a murder case. She is looking into a missing person. The problem is that the request comes for a person who does not know the name or address of the person.
I get ahead of myself. If you have not read any of this series I recommend you do. You do not need to in order to understand the story. Any backstory is added in as needed. However, the backstory goes like this. Charlotte’s mother died and she was sent to live in Florida with her grandmother. Gram lives in a retirement community called Pineapple Port. Gram dies leaving our hero an orphan. She is allowed to continue to live there with the neighbors taking turns at taking care of her. Now she is 20 something woman who lives in an area with senior citizens. Because she keeps getting pulled into murders she decides to become a private investigator.
In this book she is called on to find a man that a former resident of Pineapple Port has been flirting with on her daily walk. He has been wearing a t-shirt each day with one word on it. Will. You. Go . Out. With. Me. ?
The day the woman is about to respond with her shirt, he does not show. While this might sound like a dull story, it does involve a hit-woman, drugs, an underground disco for senior citizens, and stuff that if I told you about it, it would be spoilers.
While she is not investigating a murder, that is not to say there is not murders taking place. For that reason, if it was a movie I would give it a PG rating. There is no other real problems with the book. I could recommend it to any reader who likes a good mystery. It is in the vein of the cozy mysteries but it is not what I would call one as it is not quite in that mode