The Retirement Plan

A Novel

De: Sue Hincenbergs

Narrado por: Kiiri Sandy, John Pirhalla

“The perfect cocktail of well-plotted, good-hearted, murderous fun."" —Nina Simon, bestselling author of Mother-Daughter Murder Night

THEY'D KILL TO BE WIDOWS.

Three best friends turn to murder to collect on their husbands’ life insurance policies… But the husbands have a plan of their own in this darkly funny debut that will delight readers from the first laugh to the final twist.

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. Suddenly, their golden years are looking as dreary as their marriages.

But when the women discover their husbands have seven-figure life insurance policies, a new dream forms. And this time, they need a hitman.

Meanwhile, their husbands are working on their own secret retirement scheme and when things begin to go sideways, they fear it’s backfired. The husbands scramble to stay alive…but soon realize they may not be quick enough to outmaneuver their wives.

©2025 Sue Hincenbergs (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers

Outstanding narration takes this gem into the stratosphere! Absolute must listen!

Gorgeous writing! Filled with spirit and humor! Original! Kept me glued to my iPhone! Truly twisty! Fun-loving barbs, here, there, and everywhere! The last line of the book, in context, is hilarious and worth the price of admission alone! Oh and the performance was one of the best I’ve heard yet! Could not recommend more!

Lots of twists

Loved this book. Lots of unexpected plot twists. Loved the character’s dynamics with each other. Humorous events.

The performance hit all the right notes on this fun-filled, adventurous, delightful romp! Love, love, love the narrator!

Clever and zany, this book made the 60-ish crowd cool! I was entertained and delighted from the first page to the last. “Read” only by listening—the narrator brings this story to glorious life! I would listen to any book she reads!

Love the characters

I loved this book! The women’s relationships with both their friends and husbands were very relatable. The characters were well developed and most were very likable. There were lots of twists and turns and it kept me listening.
The narrator was incredible with all of the different characters and accents. This was a great summer listen!

Super fun and fast-paced!

Loved this read! Fast paced and hard to put down -- plot sounds dark but the writing is so sharp-witted and the dialogue so true-to-life (especially for anyone married 30+ years!) I kept hearing myself in one character -- and then in another. The side-bars of language idiosyncrasies and movie references also hit personal with me -- a really fun summer read. And you get an adorable recue mutt thrown in too. Highly recommend.

Feel good fun

Like young golden girls group of women. Looked forward to listening each time will look for more of her books !

May be my new favorite author!

This book (and especially on audio) is now my fave book of all time. It has the feel of the Thursday Murder Club and Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers and now that it's over, I am desperate for another. Not only is the caper well plotted and hysterical, but the writing is sharp and witty and I can't wait to see what Sue writes next. Do yourself a favor and buy this one. You won't regret it.