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Thursday Murder Club novels volume 1
The Thursday Murder Club volume Bk 1
Thursday Murder Club mystery volume 1
The Thursday Murder Club volume 1
The Thursday Murder Club volume Bk 1
Thursday Murder Club mystery volume 1
The Thursday Murder Club volume 1
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"In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. There's Red Ron, the infamous former socialist firebrand, still causing trouble; gentle Joyce, widowed, pining for another resident, but surely not as innocent as she seems; Ibrahim, a former therapist who understands the darker side of human nature; and Elizabeth? Well, no one...
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Thursday Murder Club novels volume 4
The Thursday Murder Club volume Book 4
A Thursday Murder Club mystery volume Bk 4
Thursday Murder Club mystery
The Thursday Murder Club volume Book 4
A Thursday Murder Club mystery volume Bk 4
Thursday Murder Club mystery
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It's rarely a quiet day for the Thursday Murder Club. Shocking news reaches them--an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. The gang's search leads them into the antiques business, where the tricks of the trade are as old as the objects themselves. As they encounter drug dealers, art forgers, and online fraudsters--as well as heartache close to home--Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim have no idea whom...
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA new mystery is afoot in thethird bookin the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman."The quartet of aging amateur sleuths.remain wonderful company," -the New York Times Book Review "The Bullet That Missed hits on every front." -the Wall Street JournalIt is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday...
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Thursday Murder Club novels volume 2
The Thursday Murder Club volume 2
A Thursday murder club mystery volume 2
The Thursday Murder Club volume 2
A Thursday murder club mystery volume 2
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When an old friend, who has been accused of stealing millions of dollars' worth of diamonds, desperately needs her help, Elizabeth and her friends go up against a ruthless murderer who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians.
7) Recessional
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A young doctor in an old people's center rescues a woman from a car accident in which she loses a leg. He takes her to hospital and disappears for fear of another malpractice suit, but she tracks him down, though not to sue him. Lots of detail on geriatrics.
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Serge Storms novels volume 22
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"The Sunshine State's most lovable psychopath, Serge A. Storms, kills it in this zany adventure from the "compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny" (Boston Globe) king of mayhem, New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey. Serge and Coleman are back on the road, ready to hit the next stop on their list of obscure and wacky points of interest in the Sunshine State. This time, Serge's interest is drawn to one of the largest retirement villages...
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2009
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"Imagine waking up in your sons home, not remembering anything from the day before and being accused of murder... Crotchety octogenarian Paul Jacobson must solve two murders while struggling with the problems of his short-term memory loss. As Paul ends up suspiciously close to a bank robbery, kidnapping and drug bust, his granddaughter Jennifer helps him track down the real perpetrators. Paul juggles two girlfriends, experiences the vagaries of romance...
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2007
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Imagine yourself waking up in a retirement home, not remembering anything from the day before and being accused of murder. Or consider a male Miss Marple enmeshed in a light-hearted Momento. When crotchety octogenarian Paul Jacobson discovers a body wedged in a retirement home trash chute, he must become an amateur sleuth to clear himself as a murder suspect while struggling with the problems of his short term memory loss and being stuck living with...
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Hendrik Groen is 83 years old and he has decided that it is time to make something of his life. He may be rich in years, but he refuses to give in to all the trappings of old age just yet. Hendrik's hilarious and touching diary documents his life as an OAP living in a care home. When he recruits some similarly young-at-heart friends to join his 'Old But Not Dead Club', Hendrik proves that love can blossom, rules can be broken and fun is within reach,...
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2020.
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"Clementine Lakefield leads a simple life in her retirement community in Sun City, South Carolina. But while she plays cards, substitute teaches, and has learned to text with her niece and nephew, Clemmie is not who she says she is. Behind her carefree facade, she is hiding a lifetime of secrets. When Clemmie's curmudgeonly neighbor goes missing, Clemmie suddenly finds herself at the center of a dangerous conspiracy. From international bestselling...
14) The summer house
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Lily Bishop wakes up one morning to find a good-bye note and divorce papers from her husband on the kitchen counter. Having moved to Alabama for his job only weeks before, Lily is devastated, but a flyer at the grocery store for a hair stylist position in a local retirement community provides a refuge while she contemplates her next steps. Rose Carrigan built the small retirement village of Safe Harbor years ago--just before her husband ran off with...
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[2019]
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A financial hatchet man who dislikes old people accepts the job of turning around a failing retirement home and undergoes a life-transforming experience in the world of geezers and geezerettes. He must deal with a suspicious death, a scam, a hit man, an unexpected romance and retired magician Jerry Rhine and his five whacky sidekicks known as the Jerry-atrics. He faces the most important decision of his life when he uncovers the secret behind an unusual...
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Secret diary of Hendrik Groen volume 2
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2019.
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Everyone's favorite curmudgeon is back, wreaking havoc and turning a twinkly eye on the brighter side of life. At 85 years old, Hendrik may be slower and a little more wobbly, but nothing, it seems, can dampen his youthful appetite for mischief or dull his sharp insights into the state of our world. When rumors surface that the retirement home where he lives is set for demolition, it is up to Hendrik and his eccentric friends in the Old But Not Dead...
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2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
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While trying to jumpstart the zombie apocalypse, twelve-year-old Ernestine Montgomery and her new stepbrother, Charleston, stumble upon a murder mystery in the retirement apartments where their parents do maintenance.
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Ten-year-old Edward lives in his family-run retirement home. While his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat and his father copes with the onset of a mid-life crisis, Edward leads an increasingly lonely existence until he meets Clarence, a retired magician and grieving widower who refuses to give in gracefully to old age.
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Senior league (C. Ingelman-Sundberg) volume 1
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2016.
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Seventy-nine-year-old Martha Anderson dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank: she has no intention of spending the rest of her days in an armchair and is determined to fund her way to a much more exciting lifestyle. Along with her four oldest friends--otherwise known as the League of Pensioners--Martha decides to rebel against all of the rules imposed upon them.