Death’s not taking a holiday, he’s retired.Or he was, until murder intrudes on his quiet retirement plans. Geoff’s stalked by ghosts, and his former bosses have saddled him with the care of a possessed bobcat. With his beautiful neighbor Sylvie and his cat’s help, can he solve a fiendish crime?Click to see how Geoff becomes involved in his first murder investigation and all of the uproarious … and all of the uproarious antics that ensue.
Death Retired is a humorous cozy mystery with no explicit sexual content or profanity, though the book does contain adult situations and some violence.
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What fun! A soul collector, a possesed bobcat, a witch, a medium, and a demon all gather to solve a mystery involving an ordinary human. The intricasies of their relationships throughout the book are interesting and funny. The soul collector and his charge, the possessed bobcat, provide humorous conflict; laughable most of the time. This book will make you want to buy the next one involving the two characters.
If I could give this book 10 stars, I TOTALLY WOULD!!! I enjoyed this book so, so much!
Very good reading , óutstañdíng storyline.
I really liked the main character. He’s a little bit grumpy, a little knight in shining armor, and a lot easily-embarrassed gentleman. The paranormal is interesting and drives the plot. I enjoyed the book.
Fun read
LOVED IT!!!
This was a fantastic story with great characters. I highly recommend this to anyone that enjoys good storys.
Lawley has produced another unusual paranormal adventure in Death Retires. Geoff is a retired soul collector—a rather old man in a new young body—who has attempted to retire to a quiet town with his 25-pound possessed bobcat, Clarence. Unfortunately for Geoff there are a number of ghosts in the vicinity that both Clarence and he can talk to and one of them wants his help in protecting his ex-wife from the men who killed him. Unfortunately, his memory of how he died is badly damaged and he doesn’t remember who his murderers were. Geoff isn’t very excited to get involved in this, but finally agrees in the hope that resolving the problem will give him the peaceful retirement he craves. (I suspect that since this is the first book in the series, he will never find that peaceful existence.)
The cast of characters (a medium, a witch, the ghost’s ex-wife, and a demon—not to mention Geoff and Clarence) made for an interesting group to tackle the problem. More importantly, the mystery took a left turn away from my expectations, making the eventual resolution a credible surprise. If you like mysteries with a paranormal flair, this is a series you should find interesting.
All Death (aka Geoff Todd) wanted was a quiet place to retire and get used to being human again. And take care of a ghost possessed Bobcat that had become his responsibility when he retired. Mix in ghosts, witches, demons, and a Bobcat that talks, uses the internet, “borrows” Geoff’s credit card for internet shopping and you have a great adventure. This book has a mystery at it’s core but it’s the characters and the neighborhood that will make you want to know more about them. This is a good read and lots of fun.
“Death Retires” earns 5/5 Paranormal Parties…Great Fun!
“Death’s not taking a vacation. He’s retired.” What a great introduction to a new series by Cate Lawley! We meet Geoff Todd, hiding from the advances of a neighbor, has bought a house and hopes to enjoy a relaxing retirement. Although he prefers “soul collector,” he is death (not ‘the’ death, just one of the deaths) and life in the suburbs is not exactly what he expected. He is joined by and often in humorous conflict with Clarence, whose human ghost either accidentally or by choice inhabits the body of a bobcat—a nice twist on the ‘feline familiar’ idea. Then there are the ghosts who are of great annoyance. Geoff only sees and hears the disembodied when they wish it, but Clarence, a ghost himself, freely sees, hears, and interacts with them. But Geoff has got to find a way to get one ghost to move on and get out of his hair. It just may be necessary to solve the mystery behind how he, Bobby, became a ghost, and protecting the widow may be part of the deal. How marvelous! Similar to her twist on vampires with her Vegan Vamp series, Cate Lawley has penned a delightfully unique variation to her new series Death Retired Mystery. Book one, “Death Retires,” introduces us to one of the deaths—now human, his sidekick/bobcat Clarence, ghosts, mediums, witches, demons, and humans all adding to this paranormal delight with humor and laugh-out-loud entertainment. Ok, it is not as weird as it sounds. It is engaging fun as ‘death’ tries to fit in once again among humans, navigate neighborhood relationships, and deal with ghostly and paranormal characters. I really had fun with this one.
Kind of dorky but I laughed alot
An interesting read if you don’t mind things that are a little out there, of course with the name of the book you know that already, hah. The cat seems to be the main character and gets a lot of attention, he’s funny, witty with a mind of his own. There’s a mystery here and that’s what kept me interested in it. If you like this sort of thing you will enjoy this book.
I’ve read Sunshine by this author and loved it. This story had a really interesting concept. I did not have a desire to finish because so much revolved around this one character turned animal that was constantly doing gross things and I had no desire to read about it doing that any longer.
An amalgamation of paranormal end up in the same “quiet” neighborhood.
Cute little book. Want my very own Clarence.
I really tried to get into this book……I just couldnt
Cute little book. Where can I get my very own Clarence?
An interesting read. Good distraction.
Enjoyed it.
Light and easy to read.