I wanted to support an indie bookstore I visited when I was in Cape May in October, so I ended up with this book and I’m glad I did because it was delightful. 

It’s about a group of four people, all from different backgrounds, who find themselves living in the same senior living facility, Coopers Chase. They’re all interested in murder and figuring out cases that have already been solved, but when actual murders take place around them, the gang works to solve the mystery and figure out whodunnit. Along the way, they must work with others in their senior community, as well as the friends they make in the local police. 

As more of the mystery unwinds, you see different characters having to navigate the space between the law and their own personal moral code, and how that impacts their worldview. It also plays a big part in the skill set and background that each of the members brings to the table to help solve the mystery. 

It’s cozy, quintessentially British, and funny. The second book in the series is also out now, so I’ll be checking that one out at some point when I get a little further through my TBR pile! 

4.5/5 — taking half a point because I went back and reread key passages a few times and there still seems to be part of the central mystery that isn’t explained fully. We get what happens and why, as well as to whom, but not where and how. I had more questions for that specific part.