A very funny book, with a great story, and excellent characters. Yes, the story is ridiculous, but it is great fun, and actually very good-hearted.

Loved this book, I felt as if I was reading a Westend farce. It was funny, entertaining, witty so much so I found myself giggling. It was so well written, the characters amazing and extremely realistic, in fact I found myself wishing I was in their ‘gang’. They were so down to earth and echoed the reality of being married for 30+years. They were so storyline was exceptionally well constructed and it flowed so well from beginning to end. Would thoroughly recommend it.

I absolutely loved this book. I thought I had it sussed and another curve ball came flying. It had me giggling out loud in places and worried for the ladies at others. A perfect fun and very clever read.

Retirement is close, but the husbands of Pam, Nancy and Shalisa are really infuriating them. So they come to hatch a plan to dispatch of them. But how? And then, it appears, the men seem to be having ideas of their own.

I cannot believe that this is a debut novel, so polished, so entertaining, so fantastic. I can’t wait for more books from Sue Hincenberg.

Three wives wanting a new life. Three husbands in their way.
This is a book I wouldn’t have necessarily picked up but it did intrigue me!
It was funny and entertaining and a tale of cat and mouse whilst also looking at marriage, friendship and middle age life.
It gave me The Thursday Murder Club vibes but with a twist and I did enjoy it!
However I did think it was predictable and a bit far fetched and I wanted more from Marlene and she kind of just disappeared!
The epilogue and bonus chapter of how Dave died were good additions as they both rounded up the story and I wasn’t left with any unanswered questions.

Be careful what you wish for!
This is a deliciously humorous and exciting novel. 4 married couples, lifelong friends in their 60’s who should be looking forward to retirement. Except that everything has gone tits-up. The women are disillusioned with their men, and the men are hiding a huge secret which will make all their lives turn out better- except they can’t tell their wives about it, Until it’s too late. Great fun and a real page-turner, and full of very dark humour.

What a fabulous read - very engaging and very amusing! It’s a total comedy of errors from the start to the end, told from multiple points of view. This would make a fabulous series on tv, cliffhangers at then end of each episode with a feel good ending - just perfect.

Thank you to Netgalley the author and publishers for an arc in exchange for an honest review

An entertaining read with lots of twists, turns and double crossing. Set in a small ocean side town in America with a group of friends, four couples. Early on one the men dies in a freak accident which sends alarm bells though the rest of the men as they are involved in shady dealings at the local casino. The wives of the men are totally fed up with their husbands who they feel are taking them for granted. What unfolds is a fun tale, a little predictable maybe with the many misunderstandings, but that doesn't detract. I loved the 'go-between' character the barber, Hector and his wife, they really made the book together with the new Casino owner, Padma, whose mother is trying to marry her off in an arranged marriage . The group of friends are what I perceive as typical American friendship group, I am reading this on the other side of the Atlantic, and enjoyed despite this and the American English.

If you’re after a lighthearted tale of some husbands being bumped off by their wives for the insurance, then you’ve come to the right place! This book is hilarious and surprisingly warm, even a little sentimental at times. The characters feel like friends straight away and their hapless husbands certainly reminded me of men I’ve known and loved. With a bit of rom-com, some chick-lit and a healthy dose of mystery, it packs a lot into its very readable pages.

This is a book that definitely lived up to the blurb and I am so pleased that I decided to read The Retirement Plan. I read it straight after reading a much more serious and well written family drama which was going to be a really hard act to follow. I needed to read a completely different type of book and this was just right.
Th story centres around four couples in their 60’s, lifelong friends who have a nice nest egg for their retirement dream. Pam, Nancy, Shalisa and Marlene like to compare themselves to the Golden Girls and when their husbands Hank, Larry, Andre and Dave invest and lose their retirement money in a hare-brained adventure they are totally deflated and angry. When Marlene’s husband dies in an accident and they realise that she has the benefit of life insurance of a million dollars it isn’t long before they all decide that widowhood might be a good idea for them all especially as they find out that all the husbands took out the same life policy.
I won’t spoil the story by saying more about the plot but this book was so funny it had me laughing out loud so much and was a joy to read. Imagine a barber/hitman in a quandary; the boss of a casino in the throes of trying to get to the bottom of inside theft whilst negotiating her mother’s match making and some very nervous husbands who need to disappear and you have mayhem ensuing that makes a most entertaining story. I loved it! Thanks to Netgalley for an ARC of this book.

I was glued to this book. It is funny, with believable characters, and never-ending twists and turns. I enjoyed reading it immensely.

This was a fabulous book, which will really work for fans of Jesse Sutanto's Dial A or Vera Wong series. A fun, wry look at what happens when husbands and wives contract the same hit man to kill each other. I thoroughly enjoyed this, and can see it being a big hit this summer.

I really enjoyed reading this book. So many plot changes and twists. Just when you thought you knew what was going on, turn the page and everything had changed. In the end I could not put this book down. Very happy with the ending.

A group of forward thinking women realise they can retire somewhere nice and say goodbye to their dull and troubled lives if it wasn’t for their husbands. Commence ‘Operation Husbands’ and what ensues is a twisted tale of events -are the husbands suspicious? Would anyone know they were planning to kill them? An entertaining book. I highly recommend reading this.

I really could not get into this book. I tried several times. Why 60 something women are using the F-word so liberally beats me. Unappealing characters and a plot that just didn't get going.

Grateful ARC recipient here.

Loved his book. A funny tale, well-paced and full of misunderstandings, centred around people at a stage in life where they could expect to be written off but who are far from ready for that.

Really enjoyable read that I didn't want to put down and was sorry to finish.

There are plenty of novels about hits and hitmen but not many which include more than a couple of contracts. However, this complex and entertaining novel has at least eight, as well as several retirement plans – hence the title!

Hank, Larry, Dave and Andre have been married for far too long and are planning to separate from their wives in a fairly direct and terminal way. The wives, Pam, Nancy, Marlene, and Shalisha have been having the same thoughts after Dave is found dead, crushed by his garage door.

Money is at the heart of this. The men have a profitable scam running and the women have found out about their life insurance policies, but their first mistake is choosing the same hitman!

Meanwhile, there is a casino which is run by an organised crime syndicate in India, there are a series of crucial misunderstandings, and the husbands and wives start to think that perhaps their partners weren’t that bad after all.

Several coincidences help the story work out but how it happens is, firstly, funny and, secondly, inclined to make you think about life and what you should perhaps put up with along the way! The final message is that it is probably good not to get involved with organised crime if you want to stay alive.

It’s very American and within the plot it thinks about the film version, when the wives discuss who they would like to play them while they are serving long jail sentences! However, it’s a lively read and might lead to some entertaining book club discussions about possible endings for partners as well as books!

This is very different to my usual choice of dark thrillers and I'm so happy I tried it.

A comic take on murdering your annoying husband(s). It does venture into slapstick occasionally but on the whole a very funny read. I love Elmer too.

This would make a great netflix mini series.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for this ARC which was very much appreciated.

A really funny story about 4 couples in their 60s whose husbands lose their retirement money in an investment that goes bust, The wives, who are good friends try to kill their husbands for the insurance money after one of them loses her husband and gets rich. While the husbands who are neck deep in a different scam are afraid for their lives because they think they've been caught in the scam, and are trying to protect their lives. Of course everything was chaotic.

This was an enjoyable light read. It was difficult to keep up with the different characters at first but it got easier as I got into the story. I also quite liked reading about more mature characters and their struggles with marriage, societal image, worrying about retirement etc.

This is a perfect book for a book club with people of different ages.

A group of friends are becoming increasingly fed up with their husbands who have lost money in risky investments, and decided they have had enough.

The book is filled with humour and enjoyable to read, although with having so many characters it took a couple of chapters before I became invested in the story. Told mainly by Pam, she reluctantly agrees with the others that she would be better off without her husband Hank, and the women hire a hitman to do the dirty deed. Hector barber/hitman, is the ‘guy who does something that needs doin’, and chosen by the women.

The story’s strength lies mainly in its characters, a mix of resentful women in their 60s, Hector, Padma, the Indian boss of the casino where Hank works, and Elmer, the dog. All, so well written, their characters leap off the page. Full of misunderstandings comprising a laugh out loud plot, which I found hilarious at times.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this complex, over the top story, and feel it would make a great movie. Recommended.

I'm really disappointed to say I found this book really hard going. It's strange, because it's a great story, with lots of twists and turns, but it just didn't pull me in to not wanting to put it down. In fact, it took me almost two weeks to finish it, which is unheard of for me.

Favourite Quote
"Pam couldn’t tell if she was shaking it no, nodding yes, or having a stroke."