More mature mystery solvers often have enough time on their hands and the experience necessary to be excellent detectives. After all, who wouldn't’t trust a little old lady with an umbrella? What murderer would think they could be caught by a senior citizen?
If you enjoy mysteries solved by retired detectives, try these.
| Anne George | Murder Boogies with Elvis (HM) |
|---|---|
| Mary Daheim | Dead Man Docking (HM) |
| Jessica Fletcher | Majoring in Murder (CC) |
| Alexander McCall Smith | In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (CC) Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (CC) The Miracle at Speedy Motors (CC) |
| Camille Minichino | The Beryllium (HM) |
| Sue Henry | The Serpent’s Trail (CC) |
| Peter Abresch | Bloody Bonsai (CC) |
| M.C. Beaton | The Perfect Paragon (CC) A Spoonful of Poison: Agatha Raisin (CC) |
| Marian Babson | Encore Murder (HM) |
| J.S. Borthwick | Dude on Arrival (CC |
| Eleanor Boylan | Murder Crossed (HM) |
| Richard Barth | Jumper (CC) |
| Simon Brett | The Hanging in the Hotel (CC) |
| Heron Carvic | Advantage Miss Seet (HM) |
| Agatha Christie | Spider’s Web (CC) |
| Nora DeLoach | Mama Cracks a Mask of Innocence (HM) |
| E.X. Ferrars | A Choice of Evils (CC) |
| Dorothy Gilman | Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (HM, CC) |
| Carolyn G. Hart | Dead Man’s Island (HM, CC) |
| Sharon Kahn | Fax Me a Bagel (HM, CC) |
| Corinne Holt Sawyer | Murder Ole (HM) |
| Joan Hess | Mummy Dearest (HM) |
| Sue Ann Jaffarian | Thugs and Kisses (HM) |
| James Siegel | Deceit (HM) |