Retirement Homes Are Murder

Paul Jacobson wakes in a strange place…everyday. He can’t remember how he got here. And to make it even worse he finds himself accused of murdering a man who was suing him for theft. A man whose body Paul finds stuffed in a trash chute of the retirement home he awoke in.

Now Paul must investigate this crime because the police are sure they have their man and are not interested in looking any deeper while struggling with his daily memory loss. How can a man who can’t remember yesterday solve such a terrible crime?

Sit back and get set to giggle. RETIREMENT HOMES ARE MURDER is such an amusing romp that it could be sub-genre as a comedy. Maybe our author Mike Befeler didn’t mean for it to, but it struck this reader’s funny bone. Paul meets two residents who he can’t remember at breakfast. One a very helpful retired lawyer named Meyer and one a not so helpful…um… this reader isn’t sure what Henry did. But Henry is a hoot! The one-liners and sarcastic comments kept this reader smiling. Mr Befeler must have an amazing sense of humour.

Paul, with the help of Meyer, sets out to clear his name by finding the real killer. But how can he when he can’t remember his findings from the day before? This reader is very impressed with this unique plot. Paul is a character that this reader sympathized with. He is a nice older gentleman who is sure he has been set up, but can’t even remember what happened the day before. He is crystal clear on what happened 5 years ago, but yesterday is a blank. Paul finds one solution to his memory problem, this reviewer won’t let the cat out of the bag as to what it is, but it is a very amusing situation that is well worth the anticipation and you will just have to buy the book to find out what it is!

Well written, entertaining, and a quick, unable to put down, read is how this reviewer describes RETIREMENT HOMES ARE MURDER. Very highly recommended read for all readers out there, it is a hoot!

January 2007