The Mystery Club and the Hidden Witness

The Mystery Club and the Hidden Witness is Harley L. Sachs’ third Rose Plaza cozy mystery. The first novel in the series is The Mystery Club Solves A Murder, the second is The Mystery Club and the Dead Doctor. The premise of this series is a group of elderly citizens who live in Rose Plaza.

It is fun seeing senior citizens depicted in such a positive manner. Their bodies may no longer be quick and nimble, but their minds surely make up for any difference. They are wickedly intelligent, and from years of experience and from suffering at the cruel hands of fate, they have learned to work together, as a team, to overcome obstacles.

Calling the life at Rose Plaza tranquil is a bit of a buttery description. Life should be tranquil, but very often isn’t. The residents are always finding something new and exciting to immerse themselves in. The façade of rightness is swept aside when they discover one of the residents is a crook under WITSEC, the witness protection program. He apparently keeps dipping into the employee gift fund. The Mystery Club bans together to track down the missing money, but what they discover is danger.

If you enjoy seeing how minds work, watching people join together for a common goal, and get a kick out of older humor, this might be just the book for you. Three Angels.

Reviewed by: Izzy