Twisted Twenty-Six

 Shirley J.                      Adult Fiction                              Gramma Mazur, Widow, Keys

Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich   320 pages

This story features Gramma Mazur.   The old gal has been dating local gangster Jimmy Rosolli for a few weeks and they decide to get married.   They elope to Las Vegas without telling Marion, Stephanie's mother, though Gramma calls Stephanie to tell her to tell her mother she is o.k. so she won't worry.   Just don't mention the wedding thing she will surprise her when she gets back.  Unfortunately for Gramma she gets a surprise herself.   Fourty-five minutes after the ceremony, Grandma's new hubby has a heart attack while gambling in a casino going down cussing then dies.  Poor Gramma Rosolli!    All the other older mobsters in Jimmy Rosolli's group start harassing Gramma for Jimmy's keys.   Nobody tells what the keys are to.  Nobody knows where Jimmy kept them and Gramma has no clue what they are talking about, Jimmy didn't give her any keys nor mention them but no one in the burg believes her.   Gramma has enemies crawling out from the woodwork all over town.   Jimmy's sisters aren't as bereaved over their brother's passing as they are over those missing keys and they too, harrass Gramma every chance they get, at the bakery at the funeral parlor at bingo.   They call Gramma a gold digging slut and say she only married Jimmy for his money but that isn't true.   Gramma actually fell in love with Jimmy and he with her.  So what if he has killed people over the years, every body has a past and Jimmy's didn't really bother Gramma.   When the keys don't materialize, the ex-wife tries to get chummy with Gramma so she can make sure she gets a piece of whatever fortune Jimmy left for her and their daughter.   The wise guys decide to take things to the next level and when Gramma turns up missing, is it Jimmy's sisters who have her?   The mob?  The ex-wife?  Someone else?  Stephanie is about to lose her mind with fear and she and Lula are on the trail.   Great story.  So sad for Gramma.I would recommend this one to mature high-schoolers on up.