The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

The Retirement Plan

Summary: Three middle-aged best friends turn to murder in order to collect on their husbands’ life insurance policies…but are unaware that their husbands have a devious plan of their own, in this darkly funny debut—perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone.

Three wives wanting a new life, three husbands in their way…

After thirty years of friendship, Pam dreams of her perfect retirement with Nancy, Shalisa, Marlene, and their husbands—until their husbands pool their funds for an investment that goes terribly wrong, and their dreams of beachfront condos and a sunny, carefree retirement vanish. The golden years are looking as dreary as their marriages.

But when one husband dies in a freak accident, the other three women are shocked to see his widow rebound with a huge life insurance payout and a new life in Florida. In the aftermath, the women discover that their husbands have identical, seven-figure life insurance policies. A new dream forms, and this time, it involves a hitman.

Meanwhile, their husbands have a secret retirement plan of their own. So, when things begin to go awry, they fear their own scheme may have backfired…with deadly consequences. The husbands scramble to stay alive, but they may not be fast enough to outmaneuver their wives.

What follows is a high-stakes tale of cat and mouse, both laugh-out-loud funny and unbearably tense, while ultimately a bighearted look at marriage, friendship, and middle-age.

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

This book would make a great movie. It really would. The cast of characters could work wonderfully in a movie or limited edition Netflix type show and the book has enough craziness that writers would not have to spice it up.

Have you ever played the game Gossip? Or been a part of a large group of many conversations all happening at once and people keep repeating misheard things and then everyone is confused?

This is kinda what the book feels like at times. But way funnier than how I described it.

It’s a dark comedy with an interesting look at several marriages- and how they devolve because lack of true communication.

What I liked:

Love the cover!

The wives. They were dealing with a lot and as the chapters went on, I really felt for them- and then a lot of times laughed with them.

The husbands. At first, you kinda want to dislike them. But then you get to know them and see glimpses of the men the wives fell in love with years ago.

Hector. A man wise beyond his years. Loved him.

Bottom line: This book had a lot going for it for a debut. It also satisfied the cry for older FMC and is kinda in the vein of Thursday Murder Club with the type of characters.

*This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration. All thoughts and opinions are mine alone.*