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Detectives of a Certain Age

These modern-day Miss Marples aren't ready to retire just yet. Senior citizens band together to solve--and commit!--crimes witty, crowd-pleasing mysteries.

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  • Nothing brings neighbors together like someone else's secrets. At Shelley House, the walls have ears, and they're attached to a ragtag duo of busybodies ready to pry, snoop, and generally annoy their neighbors into solving a crime.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley, 2024. — SAMPSON 2024
  • A senior citizens' center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy from New York Times-bestselling author Clare Pooley
    Book, 2024[New York] : Pamela Dorman Books / Viking, [2024] — POOLEY 2024
  • There's been an accident at Babbington Hall, the senior living facility where 87-year old Florrie Butterfield calls home. Florrie is suspicious; is this really an accident? Or is she being lied to? Is she living alongside a potential murderer?
    Book, 2024New York : Union Square & Co., 2024. — FLETCHER 2024
  • A brilliant and witty drama about two brave female World War II veterans who survived the unthinkable without ever losing their killer instinct...or their joie de vivre.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]. — WRAY 2024
  • A former London cop reluctantly comes out of retirement when he gets an SOS from his daughter-in-law, a bodyguard working for a famous author on a private island.
    Book, 2024[New York] : Pamela Dorman Books, Viking, 2024. — Osman, Richard
  • "A clever, keep-'em-guessing murder mystery, an empathetic yet realistic portrayal of the toll dementia takes, and a meditation on how the brain can bury the most tragic memories...An outstanding must-read." -- Booklist
    Book, 2023Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2023]. — CRITCHLE 2023
  • A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another--with the help of an enterprising tortoise--in this twisty, darkly funny mystery from the author of Three Bags Full.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Soho Crime, [2023]. — SWANN 2023
  • When she is scammed out of her life savings, Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her seventies, refuses to be just another victim, and following her only clue, embarks on a whirlwind adventure to a small village in Romania to get both her money…
    Book, 2023New York : Forge, Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — QUINN 2023
  • "The creator of the Death in Paradise series crafts a triple-decker puzzle in a Thames-side English village...Lightweight but no-nonsense and genuinely brainy, like Anthony Horowitz without all the meta." -- Kirkus Reviews
    Book, 2022Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2022]. — Thorogood Robert
  • They've spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can't just retire.
    Book, 2022New York : Berkley, [2022]. — RAYBOURN 2022
  • Polar opposites and bridge partners, 60-something former nun Rose and her sister-in-law Peg, who knows how to push all of Rose's buttons, are drawn into a mystery--one they must work together to solve--when the bridge club's most accomplished player…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2022. — BERENSON 2022
  • When Peg attempts online dating at Rose's strong urging, she matches with Nolan Abercrombie, with whom she has an instant connection, but when a terrible accident claims his life, Peg and Rose team up to solve the dangerous mystery unfolding before…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2023. — BERENSON 2023
  • While in Kentucky to sell her thoroughbred broodmare's offspring at a high-stakes yearling sale, rival sisters-in-law Peg and Rose discover something seems off about Six Oaks farm, and when the yearling manager with serious anger issues is murdered,…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2024. — BERENSON 2024
  • Agatha Christie's legendary sleuth, Jane Marple, returns to solve twelve baffling cases in this brand-new collection, penned by a host of acclaimed authors skilled in the fine art of mystery and murder
    Book, 2022New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022. — CHRISTIE 2022
  • At sixty-five, Hornclaw is beginning to slow down. She lives modestly in a small apartment with only her aging dog for company. There are expectations for people her age--that she'll retire and live out the rest of her days quietly. But Hornclaw is…
    Book, 2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, 2022. — KU 2022
  • When a crime on a beautiful Italian island stumps the police, locals turn to the trusted elderly widow Nonna Maria in this transporting mystery.
    Book, 2022New York : Bantam Books, [2022]. — CARCATER 2022
  • On her sixtieth birthday, Auntie Poldi retires to Sicily, intending to while away the rest of her days with good wine, a view of the sea, and few visitors. But Sicily isn't quite the tranquil island she thought it would be. When her handsome young…
    Book, 2018Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. — GIORDANO 2018
  • Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves. A female cop with her first big case. A brutal murder Welcome to...THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB.
    Book, 2020[New York] : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, [2020]. — OSMAN 2020