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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Whack 'n' roll Whack 'n' roll Gail Oust "The Bunco Babes are not your average retirees. When they're not throwing the dice, they like to throw themselves into juicy mysteries. But murder itself is a dicey business, and in this game, luck c… OL15325632W
Gateways Gateways F. Paul Wilson "In Gateways, Jack learns that his father is in a coma after a car accident in Florida. They've been on the outs, but this is his dad, so he heads south. In the hospital he meets Anya, one of his fat… OL16035669W
The wrinkly The wrinkly Paul Collis Tired of the rat race in the stone-faced city and disillusioned with his shallow relationships and meanngless career, Mike Lewis, approaching forty, discovers a way to swap this unsatisfactory life f… OL17732641W
Whisper's edge Whisper's edge LuAnn McLane 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, h… OL17796012W
Tomorrow's vengeance Tomorrow's vengeance Marcia Dutton Talley While at Calvert Colony, a life care community centre in Maryland, and at lunch with her friend, retired mystery author and amateur painter L.K. "Naddie"' Bromley and her neighbour Sophia Milanesi, w… OL17882317W
Grandpa’s Great Escape Grandpa’s Great Escape David Walliams,David Walliams,Dewi Wyn Williams,Tony Ross Grandpa is Jack’s favorite person in the world. It doesn’t matter that he wears his slippers to the supermarket, serves Spam a la Custard for dinner, and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name. But then … OL19661074W
The secret diary of Hendrik Groen The secret diary of Hendrik Groen Hendrik Groen "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 v… OL19712767W
Everything but the truth Everything but the truth Mandy Hubbard Holly Mathews lives at a retirement home for the super wealthy that her mother manages on expensive Mercer Island, but when she meets Malik Buchannan, grandson of one of the residents, she allows him… OL20011871W
Things to do in a retirement home trailer park Things to do in a retirement home trailer park Aneurin Wright "In this graphic novel, the author documents his reconciliation with his father, dying of emphysema, as he cares for him in hospice"--Provided by publisher. OL20022502W
Rhythm & clues Rhythm & clues Sue Ann Jaffarian "It's a rockin' flashback for Odelia Grey when her mother asks her to look into the disappearance of her neighbor Bo Shank, the former lead singer for a band Odelia idolized in her youth. But when a … OL20043066W
Date With Malice Dales 2 Date With Malice Dales 2 Julia Chapman 392 pages ; 20 cm OL20836926W
Moving on Moving on Rosie Harris Liverpool, 1973. Reluctantly, widow Jenny Langton decides to downsize, swapping the spacious family home she shared with her late husband for a one-bedroomed retirement flat at Merseyside Mansions. I… OL21181296W
A burning question A burning question Nancy Gotter Gates "So much for Emma Daniels' plan for a peaceful Florida retirement. When a neighbor dies in a cooking fire, she can't believe it was an accident. For one thing, Henry Conlan didn't cook. For another, … OL21412522W
Aging in community Aging in community Janice M. Blanchard As 78 million boomers turn 66 years old at a clip of 10,000 a day, old age is about to get better! The generation that launched the Civil Rights and the women's movements and protested the Vietnam Wa… OL24433922W
The BOOB Girls The BOOB Girls Janet Roberts,Joy Johnson 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… OL27032279W
Geezer Factory Murders Geezer Factory Murders Corinne Holt Sawyer In an old people's home in California, sleuths Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate sift through garbage to find a killer. The novel is at once a mystery and a look at everyday life in a retirement ho… OL2991334W
Halfway To Half Way Halfway To Half Way Suzann Ledbetter Halfway to happily ever after…probably. Hannah Garvey, the resident manager of Valhalla Springs, an exclusive retirement community, thought she had this love thing all sewn up. She’s engaged to David… OL3517365W
Dead Street Dead Street Mickey Spillane Haunted by his girlfriend's death in an attempted abduction, former NYPD cop Jack Stang discovers that she is alive but has lost her sight, her memory, and everything else, except her enemies. OL40138W
The social dynamics of food and eating for older women in a retirement community The social dynamics of food and eating for older women in a retirement community Lisa M. Curch iv, 279 pages : 24 cm OL5853463W