Thursday, June 18, 2009

Try out some "Geezer-Lit!"

Retirement Homes are Murder by Mike Befeler is one of the funniest mysteries I have read in a while. This debut novel by Befeler features the utterly zany characters of the Kina Nani Retirement Home located in Hawaii. Amateur Detective Paul Jacobson is their fearless leader, and he battles his own failing memory while attempting to solve murders and spending time relaxing on the beach. Befeler cleverly examines age-related challenges with humor and sly wit and his work celebrates the challenges and rewards of being a Senior Citizen. "Geezer-Lit" is a relatively new genre of mystery (and is classfied as the genre with the 70-plus-year-old sleuths), but is a great choice for older readers or mystery fans looking to try a new type of book! Here's some other good news; the library has Retirement Homes are Murder in both regular Fiction and Large Print, in case your eyes could use a break too! If you like this story, try also Rita Lakin's Getting Old is Murder- the library has it in both Fiction and Large Type too!

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