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Thu Nov 12 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-08:00

Chat with local author Gordon Jack

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Author of Poppy Montgomery Gets Even discusses scammers, murders and octogenarian sleuths
About this Event

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 M**der, 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.

The event is free. You don't need to register to attend. If you would like to preorder a copy of the book for purchase at the event, please click on the "Reserve a Spot" button.

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.

Keep in touch with Gordon:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/gordon.jack.54/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/gordonrobertjack/

Web site: gordon-jack.com

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Leigh's Favorite Books, 121 South Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale, United States

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