Growing up in one of Florida’s fifty-five plus communities, Charlotte never expected life to be wild. Golf cart racing with her surrogate mothers Mariska and Darla was about as nutty as life got…until she found the hot pawnbroker’s mom buried in her backyard.
Talk about making a lousy first impression.
Armed with nothing but her wits, Pineapple Port’s questionable cast of characters and a … characters and a growing crush, Charlotte is determined to solve the mystery of Declan’s mother’s murder.
Hey, at least this guy’s skeletons aren’t in his closet.
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Vansant has created a truly entertaining group of characters in a delightful mystery series. I love senior sleuth mysteries. It’s fun to think that life stays exciting as we age, and the infusion of the young female heroine and her love interest just make the whole thing that much more interesting. I also love the community setting, based on a …
There is a nice light romantic component. A young girl raised in a 55+ community – (she’s now 27) with her wacky yet loveabe and realistic characters.
Loved this book!
This is one of those cozy mysteries where the characters are as much or more interesting than the actual mystery! Each character us wonderfully done, with their own quirks. The idea of a young woman be raised and living in an adult community is priceless and i can’t wait to see where the fun will lead. Many laugh out loud moments and just the …
Wonderful cozy mystery! Charlotte and her “grandmothers” are hilarious, Declan is a sweetheart hunk, and the mystery keeps you guessing right up till the end!
Charlotte lives in an over 55 community–even though she is much younger. She had lived there with her grandmother and rules were bent to let her stay there! Women 55+ can be very persuasive–and nosy!! Well one day Charlotte decided she wanted a garden instead of the cement patio in her backyard. She hired someone to pull up the concrete, She …
This book had me laughing out loud! I don’t like cozies that make fun of old people, so I was skeptical at first about the retirement community setting. But I could NOT resist the pineapple on the cover, so I jumped. Vansant is too good a writer to make caricatures of anybody. Her old people are 100% real, all the way around. Granted, they have a …
Really liked this book. Received as a gift but the real gift was finding a great new author to read!
This review is for the audiobook.
I read the book and when I found out it was on audio too I jumped at getting it. I love this series and am slowly working my way through owning the whole collection, Each book is a fun read or listen and is just what you want in these cold winter months although they will be just as much fun listening to them …
Think fun, humor, buried body in the backyard, suspense, sensual, heroine is the only 20 something living in a retirement community for 55 and older. She has more mothers & grandmothers than you could imagine. She can’t sneeze without everyone saying “God Bless You”. Okay, kidding, not that bad but close. Enter the hunky hero that all the …
Received free for a review. A fun and entertaining read, Loved the characters and the interaction between them. Plan to read more of the Pineapple mysteries.
great lighthearted mystery
Highly recommend this book with an ending I didn’t see coming!
Love the setting and the mix of older and younger characters.
Great first in series. And there are lots of great books that follow. Give this one a read! Very enjoyable story and characters.
Novel concept with a youthful protagonist living in a retirement community. LOTS of sexual innuendo (including a couple of sexual encounters with the drug Ecstasy) and some course language made it read less like a cozy mystery. I did enjoy the comradery between the women of differing ages. Unfortunately, the innuendo along with some serious law …
Charlotte is 26 years old. She lives in a retirement community in Florida, one of those where you have to be 55 or older to own property. Charlotte is the exception to the rule. They changed the rule for her and only for her. It’s a long story, and this book can answer it better than I can. Getting fixed up with everybody’s grandsons makes …
Who knew a retirement community could be so much fun?!
Loved the concept of this world building, a girl being raised by a retirement community, and staying there into her adult years. She def. fit right in with the retirees and their gossip mill.
All of the cast was unique and relatable. From the busy body, to those living in the past of their …
Hilarious, but a good mystery too!
The plot twists and the antics of Charlotte and her geriatric friends living in the retirement community of Pineapple Port, Florida made for a fun read. You cannot go wrong with murder, suspense, and good humor. Who knew that digging up a body in your back yard could be so entertaining! The characters are …
I listened to the audio book. The narrator was excellent. She had voices for each character and her inflection and tempo was perfect. My husband and I listened to the book on a recent road trip and it was an excellent book for us. Parents may want to use some discretion if young children might be in the car.
The story was fun. My husband and I …
Amy Vansant is the queen of romantic comedy. I read “Slightly Stalky” some time ago and have never laughed so hard. This book lives up to that 100%. It has a great cast of characters, very loveable (mostly) older personalities with tons of funny-slash-appropriate quirks. The murder mystery had enough twists and turns to keep you guessing. Mixed …