Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Permanent Retirement | 1992 | John Miles | Buy |
| 2 | Murder in Retirement | 1994 | John Miles | Buy |
| 3 | A Most Deadly Retirement | 1995 | John Miles | Buy |
The Laura Michaels series is set at Timberdale Retirement Center in Oklahoma, where assistant director Laura Michaels keeps finding herself in the middle of murder investigations. The residents of the facility are not content to sit on the sidelines, and their life experience often proves useful when crimes need solving.
Published between 1992 and 1995, the three books combine cozy mystery plotting with the everyday rhythms of a retirement community. Deputy sheriff Aaron Lassiter adds a romantic thread to the series alongside the whodunit plots.