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Death in the Sunshine (The Retired Detectives Club Book 1) by [Steph Broadribb]

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Book 1 of 2: The Retired Detectives Club

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Four ex-cops in a retirement paradise. Sure they’ll rest…when the killer is caught.

After a long career as a police officer, Moira hopes a move to a luxury retirement community will mean she can finally leave the detective work to the youngsters and focus on a quieter life. But it turns out The Homestead is far from paradise. When she discovers the body of a young woman floating in one of the pools, surrounded by thousands of dollar bills, her crime-fighting instinct kicks back in and she joins up with fellow ex-cops—and new neighbours—Philip, Lizzie and Rick to investigate the murder.

With the case officers dropping ball after ball, Moira and the gang take matters into their own hands, turning into undercover homicide investigators. But the killer is desperate to destroy all the evidence and Moira, Philip, Lizzie and Rick soon find themselves getting in the way—of the murderer and the police.

Just when they think they can finally relax, they discover that someone has infiltrated their ‘safe’ community. Can they hunt down the murderer and get back to retiring in peace? And after all the excitement, will they want to?

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Thomas & Mercer
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1 Mar. 2022
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With amazing endorsements from Ian Rankin, Lee Child, Lisa Gray, and Angela Marsons, Steph Broadribb is an author on the rise. In her new, unputdownable series, we meet a colorful group of retirees who are finally looking forward to a slower pace of life. But life has other ideas. Our characters—all former law enforcement—are soon harnessing their expertise to untangle a murder right on their doorstep.

In this first book in the Retired Detectives Club series, we meet Moira, Philip, Lizzie, and Rick, who have wound up in the same luxury retirement home. When a body is found dead in the pool, each of them will bring their own inimitable talents to the case. And as they get closer to the killer, they are soon reminded why they got out of the detective business in the first place: it’s dangerous.

In Death in the Sunshine, Steph Broadribb has perfectly blended a compelling investigation with wholly original and unforgettable characters.

—Leodora Darlington, Editor

About the Author

Steph Broadribb was born in Birmingham and grew up in Buckinghamshire. A prolific reader, she adored crime fiction from the moment she first read Sherlock Holmes as a child. She’s worked in the UK and the US, has an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) and trained as a bounty hunter in California.

Her other novels include the Lori Anderson bounty-hunter series and the Starke/Bell psychological police-procedural books (writing as Stephanie Marland). Her books have been shortlisted for the eDunnit eBook of the Year Award, the ITW Best First Novel Award, the Dead Good Reader Awards for Fearless Female Character and Most Exceptional Debut, and the Guardian Not The Booker Prize.

Along with three other female authors, she provides coaching for new crime writers via www.crimefictioncoach.com.

You can find out more about Steph at www.stephbroadribb.com, and get in touch via Facebook (@CrimeThrillerGirl) and Twitter (@crimethrillgirl).

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B094JMFJNK
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer (1 Mar. 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Steph Broadribb was born in Birmingham and grew up in Buckinghamshire. Most of her working life has been spent between the UK and USA. As her alter ego - Crime Thriller Girl - she indulges her love of all things crime fiction by blogging at www.crimethrillergirl.com

Steph is an alumni of the MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) at City University London, and she trained as a bounty hunter in California. She lives in Buckinghamshire surrounded by horses, cows and chickens.

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Booklover

Perfect read for a dark winter night

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 February 2022

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UPDATE: This book is getting some very harsh reviews saying it has ripped off Richard Osman's series by people who have not even read this book, which is very unfair. I read a review copy some months ago and it is anything but a rip off. The only similarity is the retired characters, and surely a lot of people can relate to that? Anyway...

MY REVIEW: I've loved Steph Broadribb's previous books and was excited about this one and I was not disappointed! A brilliantly plotted murder mystery set in the Florida sunshine, with a fab cast of characters - I can already imagine it as a TV series! Can't wait for the next one. Pure escapism with a dash of murder and lots of juicy secrets. Highly recommended.

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Ms. S

Excellent mystery so far....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2022

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Although I am only half way through this book I felt I needed to add some balance to the bad reviews focussing on comparing this with Richard Osman's pensioner sleuths two books. I have read both of his and this is different : it is the US, the protagonists are real ex detectives and the author is already well regarded in her field. The writing style is excellent and the character development moves along well as we wonder what are the secrets in Moira an Philips' pasts . The technique of having each chapter focus on the view of one of the characters is a well known device and there are a number of murder mystery writers who have focussed on similar settings. The book needs to be judged on its own merits and so far (I will finish it tomorrow) it is my opinion shaping up very well.

41 people found this helpful

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Angie T.D.

Good Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2022

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I quite enjoyed this book, it was a little more cosy than I usually go for, but I liked the setting, and the cast of characters. Not a bad first reads book, and a good choice I think. I don't know about the other book that some people are comparing it to, I don't like the author of the other book, and if the main thing it has in common with that book is retired characters, well there are a lot of older people on this planet, and it is good they are featured in books sometimes, it makes a change from all the books featuring young adults, that market is well catered to, so get over yourself if you don't like reading about older people, then don't do it !

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A Bit Underwhelming

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2022

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Moira is a former British police officer who,trying to put the past behind her,moves to what is advertised as a safe and secure luxury retirement community in America, The Homestead. On finding the dead body of a young woman in the bloody water of the swimming pool with a small fortune in dollars floating around her Moira suspects The Homestead may not be quite as advertised. While hiding her own policing past from them Moira finds herself sucked into some amateur sleuthing with a group of 3 other retired police personnel, fellow Brits Phillip and Lizzie and rugged American Rick when local police don't appear to be overly interested.
As their investigation goes on the intrepid oldies find themselves at risk as it becomes obvious that someone is not happy about their activities.

While the stars of this book are retirees this is NOT any kind of Richard Osman copycat,all 4 have had former careers in various roles in the police and are experienced investigators and it's a "straight" crime novel without the humour and wry observations of Mr Osman's wonderful books.
Much as I liked the idea I found the book pedestrian and the crime was solved in a way that hardly required the skills of Sherlock Holmes. The main characters didn't seem to engage with each other ,let alone the reader ,and I struggled with the notion of them being a team when quite often they didn't seem to like or trust each other. It felt as if it was building up to a big finale ,or an amazing twist,that didn't happen. There are back stories with all of the main characters and it ends very obviously leading up to the sequel, which I doubt I'll bother with.

It's not a bad read and others might love it,I found it pedestrian and promising more than it delivered.

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PamDee

A fun read with many layers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2022

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This is an interesting whodunit with a great sense of place and a multi-layered cast of characters with many secrets. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I'm delighted that it will be part of a series, I'm now following the author and checking her other series.
I received this as an Amazon 'First Read'.

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elbe

Fun book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2022

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Nothing wrong with this at all. It's an easy read and the characters are well crafted. A few cliff hangers for book 2 which is no bad thing. I think for the first in the series it was relatively well written. Ignore reviews who say it's the same as Richard Osmanns books. It isn't at all. Different country, ex police etc etc.

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T

Really good start to the series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 February 2022

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Read before the release date of 01 March 2022 thanks to Amazon First Reads.

4.75 Stars

This was a pleasant surprise. I was initially intrigued by this because I'm on the lookout for more books with main characters aged 30 and over but going on the synopsis I was slightly worried that it'd be too much like The Thursday Murder Club books by Richard Osman. I was so glad this was NOT the case as this opted to take a much darker and grittier path than the aforementioned murder club books. The main characters were interesting and believable and there were lots of secrets and tension to keep me reading and a gloriously juicy cliffhanger at the end that makes me desperate to read the next book.

5 people found this helpful

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MAYO

Richard Osman

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 February 2022

Isn’t this the same as the Richard Osman series, just different characters in a different country?

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