retirees

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retirees

Ash & bone

2005
Retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder's solitary life is disrupted when his estranged wife calls to tell him their seventeen-year-old daughter, Katherine, is running wild after being unbalanced by the abduction and rape Frank feels he should have prevented.

Noah's compass

a novel
2010
Sixty-one-year-old fifth-grade teacher Liam Pennywell, having been forced into retirement, is attacked shortly after moving into his new condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore, and embarks on a mission to recover memories which he lost during the incident, which results in an unlikely friendship with a woman half his age.

Noah's compass

a novel
2009
Sixty-one-year-old fifth-grade teacher Liam Pennywell, having been forced into retirement, is attacked shortly after moving into his new condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore, and embarks on a mission to recover memories which he lost during the incident, which results in an unlikely friendship with a woman half his age.

A reason to kill

a Rina Martin mystery
2008
Retired actor Rina Martin and detective inspector Sebastian McGregor, both thinking they can lead a peaceful life in the quiet seaside town of Frantham, investigate the murder of an elderly woman whose home was broken into by two teenagers who are hiding from a violent past.

Major Pettigrew's last stand

a novel
2011
Major Ernest Pettigrew, having retired to a quiet life in Edgecombe St. Mary, raises a few eyebrows in the small English village when he begins a relationship with widow Mrs. Jasmina Ali, a Pakistani shopkeeper.

Early bird

2005
Rodney Rothman recounts the experiences he had after retiring at age twenty-eight and moving in with an elderly piano teacher at a retirement community, describing his struggle for acceptance from the senior citizens in his community and his efforts to the typical activities of retirement.

Tar baby

2004
A stunning, eloquent contemporary love story which dramatizes the dilemma of black identity.

The Brooklyn follies

2006
Nathan Glass, a middle-aged man estranged from his friends and family, returns to Brooklyn hoping to mend his broken relationships and finally deal with the ghosts of his past.

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