A gentle cosy crime novel that highlights the mischief you can get up to in a retirement home.

Josh is a sweet, well-meaning university student working part-time in aged care. When he steals two research mice from a campus laboratory, he decides to hide them in the retirement village basement. But will he be able to find the lab mice another home before they cause the outbreak of a deadly disease?

Enter a curious cat called Harley, a devilish dog called Bobby, the arrival of some mysterious packing boxes and a strange spike in the village’s water bill.

As the clock ticks, and disaster looms, the combined efforts of the residents of Harewood Hall will save the day.