Too Old For This
By (Author) Samantha Downing
Penguin Books Ltd
Michael Joseph Ltd
2nd September 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
Thriller: serial killers
Thriller / suspense fiction
Humour
Paperback
400
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 40mm
700g
It turns out old people don't just solve murders... A razor-sharp new thriller from the author of the Sunday Times bestselling R&J pick, My Lovely Wife You'd never guess Lottie Jones had skeletons in her closet. She's lived in town for decades now. She's getting older. She lives for the simple pleasures of weekly bingo games at church, and gossiping with her friends about their children's love lives. But when investigative journalist Plum Dixon shows up on her doorstep asking questions about Lottie's past, and specifically about her connection to numerous unsolved murders, well, Lottie just can't have that. But getting away with murder is hard enough when you're young. And when Lottie receives another annoying knock on the door, she realises this crime might just be the death of her...
Praise for Samantha Downing -- :
Original, dark and highly addictive -- Alice Feeney
A brilliant psychological black comedy with a really fresh feel, packed with sly observation and outrageous twists * Daily Mail *
A story that is dark as night, sinister as hell, clever, twisting and downright fun -- Chris Whitaker
Fans of Gone Girl and Big Little Lies will love this fast-paced thriller * Sunday Express *
Samantha Downing currently lives in the Bay Area. Her debut novel, My Lovely Wife, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and a Sunday Times bestseller, and has been published in thirty languages. It won a Dead Good Reader Award, and was shortlisted for four other major awards- The CWA John Creasey Dagger, The Edgar Award for Best First Novel, The ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel and The Macavity Award for Best First Mystery. Her second novel, He Started It, was also a Sunday Times bestseller. She has also written For Your Own Good and A Twisted Love Story.