Written by Jo Michaels⭐
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The blurb:
Pearl Etta Riggs just buried her husband of a million years (no, not literally, but it felt that way sometimes), and her dear friends are trying to find a way to cheer her up. They meet for coffee and cheesecake at their favorite place, the Cheesy Cream Café. Ah, the taste of childhood.
Ethel spots the story of a local bank robbery in the paper, and pitches solving it as “it will give us something to do.” She begs, she pleads, and she… flirts with the waiter?
Alma, always the level-headed one, cites the fact that the man may be one of those panty-sniffing rapists for the reason they shouldn’t. Consider that she was raised by a Southern Baptist preacher; her friends rarely listen to her sage advice.
Opal and Minerva are all in, as usual, and they work with Ethel to wear Pearl down. Eventually, she caves, gets Alma on board, and…
You’ll have to read the book to find out what happens after that. What? Did you expect the author to give it all away in the blurb?
It’s a crazy thrill ride full of laughs and shenanigans as these women take the law into their own hands. What happens after is anyone’s guess.
After all, gray is the new black.
Women's Fiction
Humour
My thoughts:
I chose to read Grey is the New Black (Guerrilla Grannies Book 1) because of the amusing cover, and the blurb promising thrills and laughter in the company of five mature single ladies.This book kicks off the series by explaining how the Guerrilla Grannies were formed. The grannies coordinate their first adventure, unmasking and delivering a bank robber to the police, and are then recruited by a secret agency to covertly bring more criminals to justice.
Unfortunately this one was just not for me. It came close to ending up in the 'DNF' pile, but I pushed on to finish it. I rolled with the story, but didn't find it as amusing or entertaining as the blurb suggested it would be.
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