Martha Mosey Kane--former rodeo queen and shirttail relative of Annie Oakley--sees life as an 80-year-old widow as no obstacle, but a banquet. Staying fit, loving pets, baking pies and starring in trick-shooting shows for daughter Pepper Kane's Best Little Bed, Barn & Breakfast in Oregon help her blow a raspberry at old age.But when "Granny Oakley," her bestie, new man and old horse bring their act to Las Vegas for National Finals Rodeo week, a murderer puts Martha in their sights. Her double is found dead in the Red Rock Rendezvous pool. A prison-pale stablehand skulks about, a jealous showgirl stirs trouble and a bad dude from her past makes waves. Will Martha's Sin City debut by faux parachute make newspaper front pages, or bury her in the obituaries?

Welcome to the deliciously daring and often dangerous world of Granny Oakley, who believes life begins AGAIN at 80. A country girl with big-city savvy, she wan't satisfied with cameo roles in the Pepper Kane Mysteries. Now she squeezes the day in her own books.

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