Corinne Sawyer

When Birdy Benton turns up dead under the Camden-sur-Mer Christmas tree, members of the posh California retirement community are shocked by this unexpected holiday event. Despite their sadness, resident sleuths Angela and Caledonia see it as a golden opportunity to help their old friend Lieutenant Martinez investigate. How could poor Birdy have been murdered in plain view of the lobby receptionist? Did someone really steal her jewellery? Is the dead woman’s pompous nephew as well-off as he appears? Fortified with Camden’s superb cuisine and many sips of sherry, the doughty ladies forge fearlessly ahead, throwing themselves into dire peril to learn the strange truth of Birdy’s sad demise. And an even stranger final twist makes it quite a Christmas…

The residents from Camden-sur-Mer retirement home think Halloween south of the border is pretty frightening. Terrifying tableaus, mummies, candy skulls... and one of their group suddenly dead of a heart attack. Then, on their next outing, there’s another tragedy – murder on a dark beach in Ensenada. The good news is that those unsinkable senior sleuths Angela and Caledonia have a fascinating new crime to investigate. In fact, with a ruthless killer calling the shots, they may have several... if only they can stay off the casualty list.

Irrepressible amateur sleuths Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate are in action again. The ladies’ plush retirement home at Camden-sur-Mer is absorbing tenants from a rival establishment, The Golden Years, which the heroines have appropriately dubbed 'The Geezer Factory' since it transforms normal senior citizens into disgruntled geezers. The influx of new neighbours is just the sort of excitement Angela and Caledonia have been hoping for, and sure enough, things soon begin to look up. When a new resident of Camden-sur-Mer is found face-down in the fountain, an earlier accidental death at The Geezer Factory suddenly looks very suspicious. Over the protests of their favourite policeman, Lieutenant Martinez, Angela and Caledonia are galvanized into action.

When a beautiful staff member at a luxurious California boot camp is found brutally murdered, the owner pleads with the plucky senior sleuths, Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate, to investigate. Angela and Caledonia quickly join the party at The Time-Out Inn to check out their fellow guests: nice ladies on the surface, but beneath one of those mud-packs lurks a killer. And it's too bad that Angela and Caledonia’s impulsive detective work is pushing them towards a fate far worse than aerobics. Namely, death...