Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue is the second outing for Mrs. Plansky by Spencer Quinn. Released 15th July 2025 by Macmillan on their Tor Forge imprint, it's 304 pages and is available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats. Paperback format due out from the same publisher in May 2026. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout.
This is a quirky, humorous, and well written mystery romp with a 71 year old widowed protagonist who is fed up and not taking any more of anyone's crap. Now she's got to get to the bottom of her disappearing tennis partner, tennis-pro son, arson, and skullduggery in the elite set.
Mrs. Plansky is just about equal parts Pargeter and Pollifax with a little bit of Helen Mirren in "Red" thrown in for good measure. It's a chaotic caper from start to finish and thoroughly tongue in cheek throughout.
Recommended for fans of the author's oeuvre, although this one is not written in first person stream of consciousness from the dog's viewpoint... it does have that same sort of droll oddball slapstick humor. It's very silly, but quite charming in places.
Four stars. It would be a good choice for public library, home library, or a short binge/buddy read.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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