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The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Oct. 10th, 2021 04:58 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Four unlikely friends.
A shocking new murder.
It’s the following Thursday.
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with who she has a long history. He needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster and a very real threat to his life.
As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn’t that be a bonus?
But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can the Thursday Murder Club find the killer, before the killer finds them?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
The second in Richard Osman’s THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES is another thoroughly entertaining crime novel that draws on Elizabeth’s espionage past but has something to say about finding love in middle age and the fears that come with old age. The plot slightly strains to unite its various strands at the end but Osman pulls it off with aplomb while providing some laugh out loud moments such that I’m already very keen to get book number 3.
A shocking new murder.
It’s the following Thursday.
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with who she has a long history. He needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster and a very real threat to his life.
As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn’t that be a bonus?
But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can the Thursday Murder Club find the killer, before the killer finds them?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
The second in Richard Osman’s THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES is another thoroughly entertaining crime novel that draws on Elizabeth’s espionage past but has something to say about finding love in middle age and the fears that come with old age. The plot slightly strains to unite its various strands at the end but Osman pulls it off with aplomb while providing some laugh out loud moments such that I’m already very keen to get book number 3.
