Lottie Jones has settled into a routine which suits her - a quiet life centered around church and the weekly Thursday night Bingo games with her friends. The biggest problem she comes up against is what to make for the buffet table. Everything changes one day with a knock on her door. A perky young woman announces that she's come to do a docuseries on Lottie's former life - her life as an accused serial killer.
Too Old For This (#1,354) by Samantha Downing is not my usual read, but its dark and twisted plot pulled me right in. Lottie hasn't worried about being outed in many years. But here is proof right inside her house that she will be exposed if she doesn't stop Plum Dixon from going national with her story. Her instincts for self-protection kick in. Old habits are hard to break and therein lies the tale.
We know Lottie did it, but what makes it so interesting is how everything she does is driven by forces outside of her control, the very opposite of her old life. I was rooting for her throughout the book despite everything I knew to be wrong. I had to admire how clever she had been all along. Does she succeed? You'll have to read Too Old For This to find out.
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