The Grandmother Plot
A Novel
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3.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
An unforgettable new mystery from Caroline B. Cooney, international bestselling author of The Face on the Milk Carton
"Caroline B. Cooney is a master of taking a small, common moment—seeing a face on a milk carton, posting a harmless photo—and turning that moment into a thrilling story."—Jeff Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of Never Ask Me
Death isn't unexpected in a nursing home. But murder is.
Freddy leads a life of little responsibility. His mother is dead, his sisters are far-flung across the globe, and he can't quite work up enough motivation to find himself a girlfriend. Freddy has been forced to place his beloved grandmother, now deep in dementia, in a nursing home. Freddy visits her often, cherishing and also hating the time he spends with the grandmother he always adored, now a ghost of her former self.
When a fragile old woman already close to death is murdered in that nursing home, Freddy panics. His sources of income are iffy, as are his friends. He has to keep his grandmother safe, keep himself anonymous, and keep the police out of his life—or the complications could become deadly.
From international bestselling author of The Face on the Milk Carton Caroline B. Cooney, The Grandmother Plot is the story of a young man who can't seem to straighten out his life, his beloved grandmother, who can't seem to remembers hers, and the shadowy threat that hangs over them both.
This extraordinary new story will appeal to readers of bestselling mysteries and book club fiction such as:
•A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
•What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr
•The Shadows We Hide by Allen Eskens
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Freddy Bell, the hapless protagonist of this bighearted mystery from Edgar finalist Cooney (Before She Was Helen), has come to Middletown, Conn., to visit his beloved, Alzheimer's-afflicted grandmother, Cordelia Chase, who resides at Middletown Memory Care, "assisted living for the completely confused." Unfortunately, Freddy has unfinished money-laundering business with a drug kingpin, who has sent an enforcer in search of Freddy. Despite the risk of being found by the enforcer, he won't abandon his beloved grandmother, even though Cordelia no longer remembers who he is. He becomes especially concerned when one of the other residents is murdered, and he winds up an involuntary, in-fear-for-his-own-life sleuth. He's aided by a woman who's anxious to protect her own aunt but is also busily pursuing a lost musical manuscript by composer Charles Ives. The author does a remarkable job of combining tones, including sentimental and snarky, while being both wry and gently respectful in depicting mentally diminished people. Cooney should win new fans with this one.
