The Retirees

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Welcome to the idyllic yet eccentric retirement community of The Ocean's Edge-where retirement has never felt so deadly.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Disco is dead there's a serial killer on the loose the coffin dodgers are solving cold cases and only the neighborhood cat knows where all the proverbial bodies are buried. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When sharp-tongued sugar heiress Diana is ousted from the empire she helped build she retreats to a posh 55+ paradise expecting peace maybe even a pool boy. Instead she finds a ragtag group of retirees with a knack for solving cold cases-and a disturbing knack for attracting new ones. She quickly finds herself entangled with this quirky yet capable team of senior sleuths: a psychic tarot-reading twin duo a retired detective a conspiracy-minded tech guru and a nurse who might just talk to animals.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Among tarot cards a talking cat and dark web dives this misfit crew uncovers more than just bingo night secrets. Because in a place this sunny the shadows run deep and someone at The Ocean's Edge has blood on their hands.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As the group begins investigating cold cases darker truths emerge uncovering clues that tie back to mysterious pasts hidden traumas and residents with more secrets than memories. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hilarious heartwarming and deliciously twisted </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Retirees</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a witty tightly woven charming cozy mystery that reminds us it's never too late for redemption reinvention or revenge-and that sometimes the most unexpected heroes come with walkers wisdom and wildly colorful personalities.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>This cozy mystery is the 2026 Manhattan Book Club Gold Medal Winner</p>