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BOOK INFO
Title: Too Old for This
Author: Samantha Downing
Publisher: Berkley
Publish Date: August 12, 2025
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Series: na
My Rating: 4/5
BOOK BLURB
Lottie Jones thought her crimes were behind her.
Decades earlier, she changed her identity and tucked herself away in a small town. Her most exciting nights are the weekly bingo games at the local church and gossiping with her friends.
When investigative journalist Plum Dixon shows up on her doorstep asking questions about Lottie’s past and specifically her involvement with numerous unsolved cases, well, Lottie just can’t have that.
But getting away with murder is hard enough when you’re young. And when Lottie receives another annoying knock on the door, she realizes this crime might just be the death of her…

MY REVIEW
Lottie is a retired serial killer, enjoying her quiet life. When a journalist starts asking questions about her past, Lottie takes matters into her own hands.
Too Old for This is told from Lottie’s point of view. She is in her 70s and enjoying her unexciting, small town life. A journalist shows up and wants to do a story about a crime that Lottie was acquitted of years earlier. Lottie can’t have the past being brought up, so she resorts to her old ways.
With a witty and devious main character, Too Old for This is a delightfully fun read. Dark, clever, and addictive.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Books by Samantha Downing:
- My Lovely Wife
- He Started It
- Sleeping Dogs Lie
- For Your Own Good
- A Twisted Love Story
- Too Old for This


Fab review! I’d love to read another book by this author and it sounds great.
Thanks! Hope you get the chance to check this one out.