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Retirement Can Be Murder

If you're enjoying The Boroughs on Netflix, about strange goings-on at a retirement village, check out these mysteries.

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  • After a decades-long stint in prison, former serial killer Carol is looking to kick back and relax in her new retirement home...until a fellow resident drops dead and Carol has to prove she actually didn't do it this time....
    Book, 2026New York : Berkley Mystery, ©2026. — FICTION CRAIG
  • After thirty years of friendship, Pam dreams of her perfect retirement with Nancy, Shalisa, Marlene, and their husbands--until their husbands pool their funds for an investment that goes terribly wrong. Suddenly, their golden years are looking as…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — FICTION HINCENBERGS
  • Amber Winslow's life has taken a serious turn for the worse. When an impulsive decision forces her to flee her former life carrying nothing but the clothes on her back, she heads to the sunny state of Arizona--and to the luxury accommodations of her…
    Book, 2025Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, 2025. — FICTION BERRY
  • 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. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to…
    Paperback, 2021New York : Penguin Books, 2021. — FICTION OSMAN
  • Eighty-year-old Poppy Montgomery has always taken a negative view of her life. Her father? A bully. Her husbands? Losers. Her daughter and grandson? Well, they're probably her fault. And now the police have taken away her license, her daughter wants…
    Book, 20260609Mysterious Press 20260609
  • For one unlucky Member of Parliament, a simple visit to the hospital (the "nursing home" of the title) proves fatal. But as Inspector Alleyn will discover, any number of people had reason to help the gentleman to his just reward, including the sour…
    Paperback, 2011New York : Felony & Mayhem Press, 2011, c1935. — FICTION MARSH
  • When former spy Maggie Bird retired to the seaside hamlet of Purity, Maine, she settled in for a quiet life with breathtaking views. But enemies from her past soon threatened to destroy everything. Maggie survived, thanks to her wits and the…
    Paperback, 2025Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2025] — FICTION GERRITSEN
  • Things are heating up, and not just because of Blanche's hot flashes. Rose's cousin is eloping to Miami, and Rose is playing host. If she can't balance the groom's family's snobbery against the traditional St. Olaf wedding week guidelines, her…
    Book, 2025Los Angeles : Hyperion Avenue, 2025. — FICTION EKSTROM-COURAGE