The Retirement Plan is an interesting, entertaining read. The characters are flawed, interesting, and relatable. It's also mad caper-ish like early Janet Evanovich. I loved that the main characters are in their 60s. The end drags a bit but stick with it - it's worth it.

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for providing this book, with my honest review below.

I very much enjoyed The Retirement Plan which so perfectly blended humor and some lighter mystery with a ton of action.

A tight friend group of couples runs into some hard times with the wives in the group struggling with the fact that their husbands blew their retirement and savings on a bad investment. The husbands here can do nothing right in the wives eyes, even as they secretly have a con going to recoup their lost funds. When one of the husbands dies suddenly, and it appears he may have been part of a hit (relating to the husbands’ con), the men are terrified they’re next. Little do they know the ladies have gotten the brilliant idea to hire hits on their husbands after learning the wife of the dead man is sitting pretty thanks to his generous insurance payouts - which the husbands had also taken out.

What follows is the most hilarious cat and mouse tale with some side characters who are just the best to read about. I was giggling throughout even as this book added in some great tension. This was so much fun, and while I’m happy with how it ended, I wish it could be part of a series to continue my time with the characters and their adventures!

The Retirement Plan is a funny, take the money and run Florida novel, that many retired women will enjoy reading after spending long day, after long day, with their retired husbands. Readers are given many characters to sort out in the first few chapters to understand who are the good people and who are the bad people. Also, the writing does not flow. The sentences are stilted. Patience is required through the first several chapters to follow the author's writing style, multiple characters, and face-paced plot--but in the end readers are rewarded with an entertaining amateur sleuth novel.

Kudos to the William Morrow social media team because The Retirement Plan was not on my radar (and likely wouldn't have been) until I saw a fun post about the book advertising that it was available as "Read Now" on NetGalley a couple weeks ago. Sometimes you find yourself in the mood to read a silly book that transports you but also doesn't make you think too hard, and this was the right one for the job. In fact, the less you think about this one the better (major suspension of disbelief and about 3/4 of the book was spent rooting for absolutely none of the characters who were too self-absorbed).

This one was a quick, light (well, as light as a book can be where the major plot point is to kill your spouse for retirement money) read where most of the plot is cat and mouse but you aren't sure who is the cat and who is the mouse.

Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow for the advance read! The Retirement Plan is expected in May 2025

This was such a fantastic concept and worked well with the dark theme and had that humor that I was looking for. The characters worked well and was funny that they each wanted to kill each other’s spouse. Sue Hincenbergs has a strong writing style and was glad I got to read this.

The characters in this book were hilarious and I loved how much fun I had reading this entire book! The murder mystery and juicy secrets were great elements for these chaotic seniors! LOVE LOVE LOVE!

I love books that center senior citizens, a lot of the time their stories are overlooked. So I was so happy to pick this gem up. This book was so funny and a breeze to get through. Basically, after a bad investment a friend group of married couples will no longer get the retirement they planned for. Until one husband dies and his wife receives a large insurance check. This gets the other wives to thinking. As you can guess chaos soon ensures as they make plans to secure their futures and their husband also makes plans as well.

As they say, the best laid plans ... a funny take on marriage, grudges, mistrust, miscommunication, and hired assassin's? Bored and neglected housewives make a plan, their hubbies make a plan or two, and the mob makes a plan, and the confusion and fun begins. Quite the romp, and there are dogs!

This book was fun and cute but I didn’t like the ending. It was boring and flat ,but other than that it was full of great twists and turns .

Thank you NetGalley and Willam Marrow publishing for this e-book arc in exchange for my honest review

Madcap!
I loved this premise and the constantly evolving and twisty plot! In The Retirement Plan, we meet 4 great friends who are a bit sick of their husbands and the lives they are living. When Marlene's husband is killed in an unnatural event, resulting in a large insurance payout, the other 3 begin to think about the posabilities....

Pam, Nancy and Shalisa realize that they may not be stuck in a rut after all and seek out the help of a contract killer. The contract killer is a villian with a heart. There are mob bosses, casino employees and doublecross upon doublecross - something for everyone, with hilarious events and chatter moving the plot along.
#williammorrow #theretirementplan #suehincenbergs

One of the funniest books I’ve read in a very long time, possibly ever. I’d read in bed at night and be laughing out loud so hard I was afraid I was going to wake up my entire house. I’d literally have to put it down at times to catch my breathe! The plot keeps you guessing until the very end, with so many hilarious twists and turns.

This is the type of book that you’re going to finish and immediately want to buy everything else the author has ever written, but unfortunately, it’s a debut novel and we’ll be waiting a while.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC.

Awwww what a feel good sort of book lol it did have murder and mystery and all kinds of juicy secrets! Plenty of double crossing! The storyline was very interesting! The ending was the feel good part but with a few glitches! I definitely would recommend reading this book! It was worth reading! Thank you NetGalley, the author and the publishers for sharing this book with me!

#TheRetirementPlan #NetGalley is a wonderful story, full of laughter, sadness, mystery, and more.
Pam, Nancy and Shalisa are 3 friends who realize their husbands are worth more to them dead.
After the tragic death of their friend's husband, the ladies embark on a wild adventure including hit man for hire.
The husbands have their own reasons for suspecting they may be killed, and order their own hit man.
While the story showed all sides of marriages in crisis, the laugh out loud moments made this a good book.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.

DNF, only read 10% into the book.
The description of this book made me interested in reading this book, however I could not get into the writing style of this story. I felt like the story was being laid on pretty thick, the scene is not being set, you are just being told a story. I think the storyline is unique and interesting but the execution needs work.