This year there are so many mystery novels using the elderly as amateur detectives. Today's book is The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp. This book was written by author Leonie Swann. This novel. is entertaining but our book discussion group had some interesting points to make about this book.
This is the story of a group of elderly people living in a house together in their sunset years. They have made a pact between themselves that each person has signed stating that when the time comes that they are not living the life they want to be leading the others can end their life. They have each stated what that moment is for them.
As the novel opens a dead body has been discovered in the garden shed. The members of the house are discussing the death of their roommate Lillith. As they are making plans about how to handle this situation the police arrive and tell them about another death in the neighborhood. The characters back stories are developed as they search for the murderer trying to stay ahead of the police.
Our group felt the characters were not well enough developed to understand how they all ended up in house together. We also were concerned with the idea of elderly people being invisible and scatterbrained.
There quite a few red herrings that tried to make it difficult to follow the plot. Some of the distractions did not feel realistic. But all in all it was a little funny and kept our attention right to the end.
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