One day I'll return to dust: TOO OLD FOR THIS.

Too Old for This by Samantha Downing
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Elderly Lottie James lives alone, far away from her son and grandchildren. No one knows that years ago she changed her name, moving away from those who knew her, to distance herself from a life of crime. Now the highlights of her week are Thursday bingo nights at church.

But when journalist Plum Jones shows up at Lottie's door, she threatens to upend Lottie's quiet life. It's hard enough to commit murder when you're young, but when you're old... still Lottie sure doesn't want anything--or anyone--getting in the way of her new life.

This book is everywhere right now, but seems justifiably so. It's dark but wryly humorous. Lottie is a nuanced, flawed (!), but oddly endearing character, and the skill of this book is how easily it makes its reader empathize and root for a murderer. This is a suspenseful page-turner and fascinating character study.

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