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Mike Befeler

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Mike Befeler writes the humorous Paul Jacobson "Geezer Lit" mystery series featuring an ocotgenarian protagonist with short-term memory loss. The series includes: Retirement Homes Are Murder, Living With Your Kids Is Murder, Senior Moments Are Murder, Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder, Care Homes Are Murder and Nursing Homes Are Murder. His other books include Unstuff Your Stuff, Death of a Scam Artist, The Tesla Legacy, The Best Chicken Thief in All of Europe, Court Trouble, Murder on the Switzerland Trail, Mystery of the Dinner Playhouse, The V V Agency, The Back Wing, The Front Wing, Paradise Cort, Coronavirus Daze, and Old Detectives Home. Mike retired from the computer data storage industry to write full time. He's past president of ...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 1,277 ratings · 324 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	Retirement Homes Are Murder (Paul Jacobson Geezer-Lit Mystery #1) 3.60 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living with Your Kids Is Murder (Paul Jacobson Geezer-Lit Mystery #2) 3.73 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cruising in your Eighties is Murder (Paul Jacobson Geezer-Lit Mystery #4) 3.84 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Senior Moments Are Murder (Paul Jacobson Geezer-Lit Mystery #3) 3.65 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nursing Homes Are Murder (Paul Jacobson Geezer-Lit Mystery #6) 3.59 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Care Homes Are Murder (Paul Jacobson Geezer-Lit Mystery #5) 3.92 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mystery of the Dinner Playhouse 3.25 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Back Wing (A Paranormal Geezer-Lit Mystery) 3.86 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Front Wing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of a Scam Artist 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sure Luck Holmes Holiday Adventures

Fifth-grader Sherman Holmes and his sidekick JohannaWatson continue to solve mysteries surrounding the BakerStreet Elementary School in Londonberry, California in this secondbook in the Sure Luck series. Johanna gave Sherman the nickname of SureLuck because he has good investigation skills, but often is lucky in cracking acase. Sure Luck continues to obsess about the school bully Jim Moriarty. The

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Mike Befeler wrote a new blog post Sure Luck Holmes Holiday Adventures Fifth-grader Sherman Holmes and his sidekick JohannaWatson continue to solve mysteries surrounding the BakerStreet Elementary School in Londonberry, C Read more of this blog post »
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Mike rated a book it was amazing Grandpa's New Year's Relocation (The Ninja Grandparent Placement Mysteries Book 1) by Catherine Dilts (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A humorous romp through older age with a cast of quirky characters including a kidnapping ninja, a bumbling private investigator, and a family of bodybuilders who want to adopt a bodybuilding grandpa.
Nov 27, 2025 11:15AM · 4 likes · like · see review
Mike wants to read Box Set: Retirement Homes Are Murder, Living with Your Kids Is Murder, Senior Moments Are Murder, Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder (Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery Series Book 1) by Mike Befeler (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Mike rated a book it was amazing Edithe Beutler: Beautifying Hawaii with Color (Artists of the South Pacific) by cj cook	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Excellent book about a woman who brought color to the world of black and white photography and produced beautiful pictures of Hawaii.
Jan 21, 2025 08:13AM · 1 like · like · see review

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