"After a certain age, you can pretty much do whatever takes your fancy. No one tells you off, except for your doctors and your children."
-Joyce, from the novel
This book had been recommended to me by more than one person, and it sounded like something I would really enjoy. As it turned out, I didn't really care for it; my rating of 3 is generous. Many people have liked it much more I guess, since Amazon has it at 4.3. Perhaps I was not in the mood or was focused on other things.
In this novel, 4 septuagenarians---Elizabeth, Ron, Ibrahim, and Joyce----live in a retirement home. (I am also in my 70's and live in a retirement community and I still couldn't quite relate.) The four have formed the Thursday Murder Club and not far into the story have two murders to investigate.
By the end of the book, the mysteries were solved but I was still confused as to who did what to who and why. The plot seemed very convoluted. Also, I thought the ending was unsatisfying. I did rather enjoy the parts that Joyce narrated (see quote). They were often humorous.
This is pretty short but why spend more time on a book that was just so-so!