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Mid-Day Mysteries

Mrs. Plansky's Revenge by Spencer Quinn

2025-07-02 14:00:00 2025-07-02 15:00:00 America/New_York Mid-Day Mysteries Reed Memorial Library - Carlin Room

Wednesday, July 02
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-02 14:00:00 2025-07-02 15:00:00 America/New_York Mid-Day Mysteries Join us for our monthly discussion of a mystery novel. Books will be available at the checkout desk one month in advance. Reed Memorial Library - Carlin Room

Reed Memorial Library

Carlin Room

Join us for our monthly discussion of a mystery novel. Books will be available at the checkout desk one month in advance.

Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her seventies, is settling into retirement in Florida while dealing with her 98-year-old father and fielding requests for money from her beloved children and grandchildren. Thankfully, her new hip hasn’t changed her killer tennis game one bit.

One night Mrs. Plansky is startled awake by a phone call from a voice claiming to be her grandson Will, who desperately needs ten thousand dollars to get out of a jam. Of course, Loretta obliges—after all, what are grandmothers for, even grandmothers who still haven’t gotten a simple “thank you” for a gift sent weeks ago. Not that she's counting. By morning, Mrs. Plansky has lost everything. Law enforcement announces that Loretta's life savings have vanished, and that it’s hopeless to find the scammers behind the heist. First humiliated, then furious, Loretta Plansky refuses to be just another victim.

In a courageous bid for justice, Mrs. Plansky follows her only clue on a whirlwind adventure to a small village in Romania to get her money and her dignity back—and perhaps find a new lease on life, too.

Limited to 15 participants

Book Description and Cover courtesy of MacMillan Publishers

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion |

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