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"Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. Granted, his daily strolls are getting shorter because his legs are no longer willing and he has to visit his doctor more than he'd like. Technically speaking he is...elderly. But surely there is more to life at his age than weak tea and potted geraniums? Hendrik sets out to write an exposé: a year in the life of his care home in Amsterdam, revealing...
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Thursday Murder Club mystery volume 4
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"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 to trust. With the body count rising, the clock ticking...
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Signet
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Savannah Perry, social director of Whisper's Edge, a retirement community struggling to stay afloat financially, finds a savior in business-minded Tristan McMillan who, determined to prove himself, has purchased the community from his grandfather.
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Boob Girls volume 3
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Grief Illustrated Press
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Never underestimate a Burned Out Old Broad. This time it is an adventurous road trip along US Highway 2 for the three retired widows, Hadley Joy Morris-Whitfield (socialite and volunteer), Dr. Robinson Leary (retired English professor), and Mary Rose McGill (housewife and sweet Catholic girl) along with new BOOB Girl Esmeralda St. Benedict, a gorgeous gypsy. From the opening crash of an entrance by Frieda Grossemouth to Esmeralda's foggy exit, follow...
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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 "a bunch of old people." As Paul's snooping gets him in trouble with the local police and the retirement home administration, he meets eccentric residents, develops a new friendship, experiences...
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Boob Girls volume 6
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Centering Corporation Grief Digest Magazine
Pub. Date
[2014].
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English
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A haunted bed and breakfast. A mummy. A mysterious key. A bank robber who is also a Goth. A strange but beautiful little old lady with dementia whose only words are, "Shut up and drink." Put all those together in the monster of a mansion that Dr. Robinson Leary, retired professor from Creighton University has inherited from an unknown great aunt, and the Burned Out Old Broads at Table 12 have their hands full and Geoffrey the mastiff is no protection...
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Grief Illustrated Press
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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The Burned Out Old Broads At Table 12 There's a naked man in the laundry room at Meadow Lakes Retirement Community. He's wearing only a brown vest, a stetson hat and cowboy boots. But that's about the extent of excitement in the big complex and that's why four diverse widows take off in secret for parts unknown, leaving no forwarding address. Between adopting the boys at the Ragged Ass Saloon, finding a dead body in the woods and capturing the killer,...
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Boob Girls volume 5
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Centering Corporation Grief Digest Magazine
Pub. Date
[2013].
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English
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An evil family has taken over Meadow Lakes Retirement Community. Led by older brother, Thorny Busch, his wicked sisters, Rose and Lilac, their brother enforcer Huckleberry "Whacker" Busch, and their feisty mother, BeataRhonda Busch, we have gambling, prostitution and of all things... chickens!
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Grief Illustrated Press
Pub. Date
c2016
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English
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Nursery Rhymes can make testy crimes. Here we learn about Jack Spratt, Jack and a Candlestick, a little girl with a little curl, and more characters who flew in with Mother Goose. Hadley Joy Morris-Whitfield, Marge Aaron, Robinson Leary and Mary Rose McGill are caught up in the Baby Doll Pajamas when We Willie Winkie designs a line of nightwear for seasoned women called "Winkies." A murderer, Dr. Fell, is on the loose. Alphonso Greatwood calls in...
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Boob Girls volume 4
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Grief Illustrated Press
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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The Burned Out Old Broads at Table 12: Murder at Meadow Lakes Perculator Rasmussen lay face-down, spread-eagled on the dining room floor of Meadow Lakes Retirement Community. The back of his head was smashed in, his throat was cut, a nylon cord was around his neck. There was a bullet hole in his jacket and a knife in his back. "Are we sure he's dead?" Mary Rose McGill asked. "If he isn't," Wiley Vondra said. "He'd better have damn good insurance."...
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Boob girls volume 9
Publisher
Grief Illustrated Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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There's a voodoo queen in training at Meadow Lakes Retirement Community and Chaos Cauldron's spells all go awry. Snowed in for months, the girls are trapped and Geoffrey the Mastiff is force to be host to three white rats in tiny sweaters. Double-Double, Toil and Trouble are Chaos' pets and not appetizers. But who killed Winifred Wyttch? And why are the pillows in the two ugly chairs in the lobby always on the wrong chair? But most importantly - we...
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Thursday Murder Club mystery volume 3
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A local news legend is on the hunt for a sensational headline, and soon the gang are hot on the trail of two murders, ten years apart. To make matters worse, a new nemesis pays Elizabeth a visit, presenting her with a deadly mission: kill or be killed. While Elizabeth grapples with her conscience...
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Boob girls volume 12
Publisher
Grief Illustrated Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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This is the last book in Joy Johnson Brown's comedy-mystery series, The BOOB Girls: The Burned Out Old Broads at Table 12. The girls, Marge, Hadley, Mary Rose, and Robbie have aged along with the rest of us. The boys, Wiley, Alphonso, Raven, and the over-sized, ugly-cute mastiff, Gregory, sport creaking joints, and stiff muscles as well. This delightful, laugh-out-loud tale, with an occasional tear now and then, provides a fun mystery complete with...
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Thursday Murder Club mystery volume 2
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books, Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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It's the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster and a very real threat to his life. As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus? But this time they...
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Thursday Murder Club mystery volume 1
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Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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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...
19) The summer house
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After her husband leaves her, hair stylist Lily Bishop accepts a position at the local retirement community where she, while contemplating her next steps, forms an unlikely friendship with Rose, the community's owner, that brings about new beginnings and unexpected romance.
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Everyone's favorite octogenarian is back and, together with his pals in the Old-But-Not-Dead Club, he is more determined than ever to wreak havoc and turn a twinkly eye on the brighter side of life. After a year spent mourning the death of his beloved friend Eefje, Hendrik may be older and a little more wobbly, but his youthful appetite for mischief hasn't diminished. When fears arise that the home is set for demolition, it's up to Hendrik and the...
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