The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp

by Leonie Swann

Soho Press

August 29, 2023

    Sunset Hall is a small retirement home for a somewhat odd group who are shunned by the local townspeople (Duck End is the great name for the town) as "hippies". The murders that occur are almost secondary to the wonderful characters. Swann does a great job of telling us just enough about each person's life to leave us satisfied and wanting to know more. This is a brilliant description of aging - laugh-out-loud funny and still terrifying.

    I hope there's a sequel coming as we need to know how certain people develop and how Hettie's hibernation goes.

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