Henry Carter Hull

Eighty-year-old Emily Maxwell, having come to rely on her sister-in-law Arlene to chauffeur them to their round of dinners, shows, museums, and funerals, and distanced from her two adult children and four grandchildren, tries to sustain her optimism and energy after Arlene has a stroke, leaving Emily to rediscover her independence.

Ninety-two-year-old poet and sleuth Victoria Trumbull helps a knitting group track down the stalker who has been sending them threatening phone calls, but dealing with the unexpected arrival of her daughter and the discovery of a dead body threatens to derail Victoria's investigation.

Detectives John May and Arthur Bryant, in charge of the Peculiar Crimes Unit, put their careers on the line when they decide to investigate the death of Ruth Singh, an elderly woman who rarely left her home, but who was dressed for an outing at the time her body was discovered, and had river water in her throat.

Novice detective Kathy Kolla and Inspector David Brock team up to investigate the suspicious death of elderly Meredith Winterbottom, great-grandaughter of Karl Marx; and when a second Marx sister is found slain, Kolla and Brock realize they need to take a good look at the rather odd inhabitants of London's Jerusalem Lane.