It has been an eventful morning for Agnes Sharp and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a house-share for the old and unruly in the sleepy English countryside. Although they have had some issues—misplaced reading glasses, conflicting culinary tastes, decreasing mobility, and gluttonous grandsons—nothing prepares them for an unexpected visit from a police officer with some shocking news.
A body has been discovered next door. Everyone puts on a long face for show, but they are secretly relieved the body in question is not the one they’re currently hiding in the shed. (Sorry, Lillith).
It seems the answer to their little problem with Lillith may have fallen right into their laps. All they have to do is find out who murdered their neighbor, so they can pin Lillith’s death on them, thus killing two (old) birds with one stone (cold killer).
With their plan sorted, Agnes and her geriatric gang spring into action. After all, everybody likes a good mystery. Besides, the more suspicion they can cast about, surely the less will land on them. To investigate, they will step out of their comfort zone and tangle with sinister bakers, broken stairlifts, inept criminals, the local authorities, and their own dark secrets.
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“This is a splendid, life-affirming book, funny and clever, suspenseful and touching. And like all good novels, it features a tortoise.”
— A. J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author
“Swann gives the ‘quirky older sleuths’ trope a jolt of black comedy in The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp.”
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Leonie Swann is the author of six books, including her debut novel, Three Bags Full, which won the prestigious Glauser Prize for crime fiction in the debut category, as well as the PETA Award. She grew up near Munich and earned degrees in philosophy, communications, and psychology from Munich University and the Munich School of Philosophy.
Moira Quirk, a British actress and Earphones Award–winning narrator, co-narrated Ben Bova’s Mercury and has narrated other popular audiobooks for which she received Audie Award nominations. She is a successful comedian and can be heard on Nickelodeon’s cartoon My Life as a Teenage Robot as well as in The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, The Wild Thornberrys Feature, and Serendipity, among others. She has also lent her voice to several video games, including Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Haunting Ground.