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Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge is a contemporary cozy suspense novel about a seventy-one year old widow who is robbed of her life’s savings by a group of Romanian cyber criminals.

Loretta Plansky is enjoying her retirement in her little condominium in Florida when she receives a call from her grandson asking for bail money. Half asleep and concerned for his safety she immediately sends her bank information but is shocked the next morning when all of her accounts have been cleaned out. When the FBI looks into her case she discovers that she’s the victim of an elaborate “grandparent scheme” originating out of Romania. With not a lot of hope of recovering her funds and only a few leads Mrs. Plansky jumps on a plane to hunt down the missing money. Upon arriving in Romania she meets with the U.S. embassy, a writer covering organized crime and unknowingly checks into the hotel owned by the perpetrator. Mrs. Plansky will use her tenacity, unending optimism and the ability to connect with people to find the criminals and get justice.

This was a fun crime caper starring a heroine we don’t get to see very often (a retired senior citizen without a law enforcement background) and we also got the point of view of a young man stuck in a criminal organization with no idea how to get out. I appreciated Mrs. Plansky’s lack of bitterness and cynicism but sometimes her naïveté was frustrating. Even my 80+ year old mother knew how to handle the attempted “grandparent scheme” when they called her. She also was way too generous with her adult children and the pressure of living up to the monetary promises she made was a big motivator for risking her life going after a crime syndicate in another country. But overall I really enjoyed this book and I look forward to more Mrs. Plansky in future books.

4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

lynn_pugh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

5.0

jennyrpotter's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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4.0

3.6★: WAS ROOTING FOR ELDERLY PROTAGANIST IN THIS “COZY MYSTERY.” This book had 5 stars until 54% (or 4hrs 58min, ~164 pages) in. I could not suspend my disbelief, and then several other events happened that resulted in 2 stars for the rest. Published just three weeks ago on 7/25/23, it currently has a 3.82-star rating by 522 others. Had I just had patience to see how it faired, I would have skipped this one.

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3.0

What do you do when you are scammed out of your life savings? Get revenge of course! That’s exactly what Mrs. Plansky does after she gives her banking information to a scammer pretending to be her grandson in the middle of the night and wakes up to find her bank accounts drained. Full of mystery, action, suspense and a dash of romance this was a solid start to a new series!

3.5⭐️

mmc0402's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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