An elderly woman, content to sit down and write her memoir, is besieged by her family members, who involve her in a variety of dramas and follies.

With each item that is discovered, the hope chest connects Mattie, her husband, Don, and their struggling caregiver, Rose, to each other and not only helps them find hope again in the face of overwhelming life challenges but also brings new meaning to family.

When Agnes and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a house share for the old and unruly in the sleepy English countryside, investigate the murder of their neighbor while covering up another, they step out of their comfort zone to tangle with inept criminals, the local authorities and their own dark secrets.

Polar opposites and bridge partners, 60-something former nun Rose and her sister-in-law Peg, who knows how to push all of Rose’s buttons, are drawn into a mystery—one they must work together to solve—when the bridge club’s most accomplished player is murdered, and they fall under suspicion.