Book excerpt: I’m Barbara Gold. Age: 71. Height: 5’5”. Eyes: blue. Hair: gray. Weight: none of your business. Specialties: Undercover surveillance, small arms, chemical weapons, Middle Eastern and Latin American politics. Current status: Retired widow and grandmother. Retired secret agent Barbara Gold’s biggest challenge is finding a birthday present cool enough for her teenage grandson… until a dead body drops into her shopping cart inside Cheerville’s new high-tech big-box store. Suddenly, Barbara is pulled back into the action and thrill she used to love in her working years—CIA involvement, shadowy figures, mysterious deaths, missing loot, and a chance for her to make a difference. Read the hilarious 8th book (30,000 words) in the Secret Agent Granny mystery series. keywords: senior sleuths cozy mystery secret agent thriller CIA training humor funny novella mystery new cozy mystery series quick read