Retirement Homes Are Murder

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Remembering nothing from the day before, crotchety octogenarian Paul Jacobson must become an amateur sleuth to clear himself as a murder suspect when he finds a dead body in the trash chute of a retirement home. As Paul’s snooping and short-term memory loss get him in trouble with the local police, his new friends and granddaughter Jennifer help him solve an expanding list of crimes. Paul finds romance as he struggles to escape a murderer intent on a repeat performance.

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What a Hoot!

Review Date: March 2, 2010

Reviewer: A. Roberts, Wyoming

If you're ready for a good laugh or two amidst the cast of zany characters in this book-then this is just what the Dr. ordered. There is Meyer a retired attorney and judge who is loosing his sight and Henry who suffers from Asperger's syndrome and insults everyone as well as the main character, Paul who has short-term memory loss and starts every day over with no memory of what happened the day before-maybe that's not all bad. :) With help from his new friends he got on to writing a journal and reading it first thing in the morning to give him a heads up on what's going on in his life.

I had picked this book up at the library and after I got home I went to Amazon and read the reviews. A couple people mentioned the terrible profanity in the book and stopped reading after the first chapter. I thought well maybe I don't want to read this but decided to give it a shot. SO I get through the first chapter and I'm still looking for this terrible profanity. I saw all of 3 words (no f*** word which I consider the worse profanity). Even the rest of the book is not filled with profanity-a little crudeness perhaps. I read a lot and I can name some authors who write amazing books but from start to finish there is intense profanity. This one is very mild.

Getting back to the review, our main character gets involved in a murder and a cop who is out to pin it on him. The rest is Paul and his octegenarian friends trying to clear Paul. In the course of this his son and daughter-in-law come for a visit with his granddaughter who takes to grandpa and is not a bit intimidated by his blustery manner and forgetfulness. She was a delight. There is even a little romance between Paul and one of the ladies at the Retirement Home-just shows you're never too old for romance.

How it all plays out and Paul unmasking the killer is almost unbeliveable for some 80's gentlemen-but this is fiction and it's just fun reading.

Retirement homes are murder

Review Date: January 9, 2010

Reviewer: dgylseth,

Light fictional murder mystery written with humor and understanding of the retired and of retirement homes.

A great fast read

Review Date: July 9, 2009

Reviewer: Gail S. Humbert,

I was going to an event that included an appearance by the author and decided to read his book first. This is a nice light entry into the "geezer lit" category. Mike Befeler has chosen to make his detective a senior with a short term to long term memory storage problem. Every time he goes to sleep he forgets the past 5 years. Through dint of journal entries and friends who fill in the blanks for him our hero gets through the culture of the retirement home, senior dating and oh yes solving a murder. Fun and a fast read it is nice to see that the older generation still has dating and the occasional sexual escapade to look forward to.

Retirement Homes Are Murder

Review Date: June 12, 2009

Reviewer: S. Ervin, McAlester, OK United States

Mike Befeler's RETIREMENT HOMES ARE MURDER is a cozy that looks the onset of old age straight in the eye and removes much of the dread. It gives readers glimpses of the inconveniences of aging, and points up the fact that a sense of humor and friends can help handle the inevitability of our later years. It is a comfortable and comforting read.

Warning = R rated language

Review Date: May 5, 2009

Reviewer: D. Hickman,

I wish I had known about the bad language in the book before I spent my money. I didn't even finish the first chapter before I stopped reading.

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