The Last Letters of Sally and Walter by Cammie McGovern

April 10, 2026

The letters in the title of Cammie McGovern’s novel, The Last Letters of Sally and Walter, refer to Scrabble letters, not correspondence. It’s a quiet story, with mature characters who are actually mature in age, unlike some novels that refer to seniors as...

Secret Lives by Mark de Castrique

October 15, 2022

After Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, it seems that seniors are the hottest sleuths. It’s not very wise to underestimate them. It’s certainly not wise to assume that seventy-five-year-old Ethel Fiona Crestwater is a sweet little lady who...

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

September 05, 2022

When readers think of senior sleuths nowadays, it’s more likely to be Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club sleuths than Miss Marple. Deanna Raybourn puts a new spin on senior crime fiction. When you think of Killers of a Certain Age, think of the movie...

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

September 27, 2021

If you read and loved Richard Osman’s debut, The Thursday Murder Club, as I did, you’ll be happy to see The Man Who Died Twice. The follow-up brings back the primary characters from the previous mystery. The story is just as witty, just as intriguing. And,...

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

September 21, 2020

“Killing someone is easy. hiding the body, now, that’s usually the hard part.” It’s even harder to keep that killing a secret when The Thursday Murder Club takes an interest. In his funny, sometimes poignant debut mystery, Richard Osman...