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Published: 6th May 2025
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The Retirement Plan
By (Author) Sue Hincenbergs
Collins
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
6th May 2025
Large Print Edition
United States
General
Fiction
Humorous fiction
Family life fiction
Paperback
544
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
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.
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.
Sue Hincenbergs is a former television producer who has worked on multiple award-winning programs. She lives in Toronto with her (very much alive) husband, her scruffy, middle-aged rescue dog, Kramer, and the rooms full of the stuff her three sons left behind when they moved out. The porch light is always on in case one comes by for a visit. The Retirement Plan is her first novel.