The Grandmother Plot by Caroline B. Clooney

Good guys sometimes do dumb things but are still good guys at heart. Freddy is a glass artist who is usually self medicated and needs to supplement his income until he makes it big with his glass beads. He gets involved with a bad drug guy laundering money which at first was ok but now that Freddy wants to be done with all of it, the bad guy and his henchman are looking for him to change his mind. That is bad enough but Freddy is afraid that they will find him and track down his grandmother at an assisted living facility. He really doesn't want to endanger anyone there and then there is a murder at the facility and everything goes bonkers. Some of his friends at the facility suddenly fear for their family members and turn into amateur sleuths while Freddy just keeps trying to lead everyone away and stay alive. Dark but interjected with fun quirky people that make it a bit lighter than some of her books. Fans of classic Cooneys as well as zany crime novels like the Janet Evanovitch Stephanie Plum series will enjoy.  4 stars