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Do you ever watch something then wonder what's next? Let us help you!
 
Each month, we will recommend some titles based on popular media. Sometimes you'll find book recommendations, sometimes movies or TV shows.
 
If you're a mystery book reader, you're probably familiar with Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club series. It follows a group retired friends in a retirement village who start investigating unsolved murders. This month, Netflix will be releasing a film based on the series. If you're a fan of the book or looking forward to the movie, here are some other books that follow amateur sleuths later in life.
 
Another adaptation soon to come out, this time on DVD, is the live-action adaption of the animated films and books How to Train Your Dragon. I did get a chance to see the movie in theaters and found it very comparable to the original animated movie (the same director is responsible for both adaptations). If you love the heartwarming story of Hiccup learning to accept himself and inspire his people to change their way of life, try these other dragon related books filled with heart and friendship.
 
Happy Reading!
Laura
 
The Retirement Plan
by Sue Hincenbergs

Three best friends turn to murder to collect on their husbands' life insurance policies, but the husbands have a plan of their own.
Glory Be
by Danielle Arceneaux

Suspicious and doubting, Glory Brussard decides to investigate after learning that her best friend, a nun beloved by her Lafayette, Louisiana community has died mysteriously and has been ruled a suicide by the authorities.
The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp
by Leonie Swann

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.
Mrs. Plansky's Revenge
by Spencer Quinn

When she is scammed out of her life savings, Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her 70s, refuses to be just another victim, and following her only clue, embarks on a whirlwind adventure to a small village in Romania to get both her money and dignity back.
How to Train your Dragon
by Cressida Cowell

Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon
Alliana, Girl of Dragons
by Julie Abe

After her beloved grandmother passes away, Alliana is forced to do the bidding of her evil stepmother until she meets two beings who change her life forever, giving her the chance at a life she's barely dared hope for. 
Dragons in a Bag
by Zetta Elliott

When Jax helps an old witch named Ma take three baby dragons to a magical world, he breaks the rules of dragon care and throws their quest into chaos
Of Jade and Dragons
by Amber Chen

After her father, a world-class engineer, is murdered, 18-year-old Aihui Ying, disguised as her brother and with only her father's secret journal and a jade pendant snatched from the assassin, enters the prestigious and dangerous male-only Engineer's Guild apprenticeship trials to avenge his death.
Have recommendations?
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