The Retirement Plan
The most entertaining and deliciously dark debut of 2025
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- 42,00 kr
Publisher Description
Dark humour, dirty deeds, marriages and murder . . . The perfect new read for fans of The Thursday Murder Club, How to Kill Your Family and White Lotus
'An absolute scream from the first page to the last' Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal
'Certainly a match for Richard Osman' Daily Mail
'Incredibly funny with plot twists you won't see coming' Stylist
Their husbands are driving them mad, and murder is on their minds . . . but the men have a plan of their own.
Pam, Nancy and Shalisa once imagined retirement would mean setting aside their worries, picking up their margaritas, and lying back in a hot tub. Right up until their husbands lost all their savings in a reckless investment.
Now, collecting their husbands' life insurance is starting to sound more appealing than growing old with them. But enlisting the help of the local barber/hitman isn't merely the most daring thing the friends have ever done - it's also where the trouble really begins.
Because they don't realise their husbands have some tricks up their sleeves. And there's no turning back now . . .
From the first laugh to the final twist, The Retirement Plan is full of characters who will steal your heart while plotting their dark deeds.
'Clever, funny, tender. A triumph' Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
'Blending Desperate Housewives and White Lotus vibes, this is a darkly funny crime novel' My Weekly
'Funny, twisty, deviously dark!' Sarah Pearse, author of The Sanatorium
'If crazy, switcheroo mysteries with a dark comic edge are your thing, then The Retirement Plan is the summer read for you' Irish Independent
'A total riot' Clare Pooley, author of The Authenticity Project
'Hincenbergs knocks it out of the park' Publishers Weekly, starred review
'Thoroughly addictive' Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants
'A triumphant crime caper' Irish News
'Relentlessly entertaining' Chris Brookmyre, author of The Cracked Mirror
'Absolutely hilarious' Jessica Bull, author of Miss Austen Investigates
'Packed full of humour and charm' Amy McCulloch, author of Breathless
'Deliciously funny and unpredictable' Keith Stuart, author of A Boy Made of Blocks
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
What a devious delight! Canadian former TV producer Sue Hingenbergs has triumphed with her debut novel, written in a similar, wickedly witty vein to the huge hit Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone. What do you do when you’re a sixty-something woman whose husband has played fast and loose with your retirement savings pot—and what if your friends are in the same position? There’s only one solution: hatch a plan to murder the men for the life insurance payouts, of course. But their husbands have their own secret plans, too. The storyline might be outsized, but small details—like the mountain of men’s shoes strewn in the hallway that trigger murderous intent—keep the reader laughing in recognition even as they’re gasping at the latest audacious twist. Add wild misunderstandings, unintended consequences and lashings of humour and it’s a debut to remember.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Canadian TV producer Hincenbergs delivers a sure-footed and deeply funny debut that revolves around a group of friends in their 60s. Five years before the start of the novel, couples Pam and Hank, Shalisa and Andre, Nancy and Larry, and Marlene and Dave lost their life savings in the same misguided investment. In the aftermath, each partner's seldom voiced resentments have put major strains on their marriages. When Dave dies in an apparent accident, his friends are distraught—particularly the husbands. For the last four years, they've been siphoning money from the casino where two of them work with the intention of replacing the money they lost. To them, Dave's death could only be a murder orchestrated by the casino's new boss, who has ties to organized crime in India. The wives, meanwhile, are inspired by the million-dollar life insurance payout Dave's widow, Marlene, receives, and launch a scheme of their own. Readers will turn the pages with glee as the interests of the desperate husbands and determined wives collide with a pack of Mumbai gangsters and a dog-loving private investigator. Hincenbergs knocks it out of the park on her first time at bat.
