Great cast of characters (if you can keep them straight). Didn’t understand the motivation behind 80% of the murders. Old people get away with anything especially when they live in small town with a terrible police force.

DNF @ ~60% (audiobook) - too many points of view and hard to follow. felt disjointed and I couldn’t really keep track of much of anything. I get that it was supposed to be cozy and cute but for me it was just giving “old people interfering in a police investigation.” not for me

I'm on maybe my 5th? read of this series. Ive found that this first book is a lot like Alanis Morissette's first album. All the people who would love it found it first and loved it, but it got so popular that then errrbody kind of had to try it. Murder mysteries about old people in the British suburbs aren't for everybody. But man, each of these books get me in the feels every time. Maybe the character complexity keeps me coming back? Maybe their character growth (at 80!) is what does it for me. Maybe just the witticisms and ironic set pieces (the anchor of which is Joyce's diary, obvs). But it feels like watching the best Friends or Seinfeld episodes over again.