Poppy Montgomery Gets Even

An elderly woman targets online scammers in this charmingly cozy caper from a “riotously funny” author (Publishers Weekly).

Eighty-year-old Poppy Montgomery has always taken a negative view of her life. Her father? A bully. Her husbands? Losers. Her daughter and grandson? Well, they’re probably her fault. And now the police have taken away her license, her daughter wants to put her in a retirement home, and the bossy new fitter-than-thou attendee at water aerobics is taking over her favorite class.

But enough is enough, and when her new friend, Ginny, is scammed on a dating site for seniors, Poppy decides it’s time to finally get even. With the help of Jeremy, her tech-savvy grandson, Poppy launches a vindictive little caper, scamming the scammers that prey on the elderly online. But when two women at Ginny’s retirement home seemingly meet unnatural ends and her newest target is implicated in the murder, suddenly Poppy’s fun online con job becomes a matter of life or death. It’s going to take the whole gang—Poppy’s two new best friends, her in-recovery daughter, and her basement-dwelling grandson—to pull off one last job, before one of them becomes the next victim.

A charmingly cozy crime story brimming with laughs and heart, Poppy Montgomery Gets Even shows that it’s never too late to turn over a new leaf, make new friends, and scam an international crime ring while solving some murders along the way.

Equal parts charming quirkiness and searing wit, a sharp, snort-inducing caper that proves that age is a state of the criminal mind.”
—Molly Harper, USA Today bestselling author of A Cute Little Murder

Poppy’s acid tongue lifts her debut above other senior-living-facility entries. . . . Just the thing to whet your appetite for retirement and old age.”
—Kirkus

Diabolically clever, riotously funny, and utterly charming, Poppy Montgomery Gets Even has the best cast of characters since The Thursday Murder Club. A must-read for mystery lovers and for anyone who has ever been contacted by a Nigerian prince or a handsome stranger promising you eternal love in exchange for an Amazon gift card.”
—Peggy Townsend, award-winning author of The Botanist’s Assistant

A delightful romp! Fans of Richard Osman and Spencer Quinn’s Mrs. Plansky will adore feisty Poppy Montgomery, her computer nerd grandson, and her senior citizen pals.”
—Lucy Burdette, USA Today bestselling author of A Delicious Deception

Poppy is delightfully wicked. I found myself cheering for her as she navigated unlikely friendships and clever plot twists on her way to a satisfying revenge. I’m ready to join Poppy’s crew.”
Parker Peevyhouse, author of The Echo Room

This entertaining caper, narrated in the first-person by the acerbic, opinionated, feisty Poppy, is populated with well-drawn characters in a story teeming with plot twists and shrewd seniors.”
—Booklist

Gordon Jack has been a high school librarian for thirty years. In that time, he did his best to keep kids reading, including writing two young adult novels, The Boomerang Effect and Your Own Worst Enemy. Now that he’s about to retire, he figured he should write for people closer to his own age, which is why he’s suddenly interested in the lives of octogenarian crime fighters.