The Man Who Died Twice (The Thursday Murder Club Book 2)

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The personal story of Ibrahim is quite touching and, unfortunately, a horrific reminder that assaults like this do happen to our seniors. Poppy could’ve overheard Douglas telling Elizabeth the truth (that he stole them) and then killed him and faked her own death (since Siobhan, her accomplice, was the one who identified her body).

It could have easily been a bit of a celeb book that just did what it did in week one, but the quality speaks for itself and it kept going and has just been absolutely massive.

This is just the type of book we need right now, well written, a good plot and lots of fun in excellent company. It’s pretty good to have two mega autumn bestsellers already arrived and outperforming expectations – it’s a great start to the autumn,” she said. All these events and the people associated with them get woven into a tangled and sometimes very helpful mess.

Osman’s novels are so much more than just brilliantly engineered mysteries… They’re also funny, warm, and big-hearted. Connie drops by Chris house and threatens to hurt Patrice is Chris continues looking into her activities. It helps that their leader, Elizabeth Best, is ex-secret service, and is always having hilarious flashbacks to East Berlin in 1970.What I love about this one is that we already know the characters to a point, and it was so fun seeing them settle into their friendships. The whole escapade is written in such a lively entertaining and engaging way that it’s hard to put down once you start. Those who prefer their mysteries with touches of spycraft, humor, and eccentricity will be well pleased. She told me that if I didn't want to be sent an endless tide of photographs of men's genitals, I should really change my username. There wasn’t enough setting around the Coopers Chase retirement home and the Thursday Murder Club gathering like there was in book 1.

Elizabeth is contacted by a former colleague, ex-husband, and ladies’ man, Douglas, after stealing twenty million pounds worth of diamonds from the Mafia. Sylvia works for an organization that helps people with Dementia and in that section they get a 20M donation, so we know that Elizabeth donated the proceeds of the sale of the diamonds to them. Its an utter joy to be re-acquainted with the slew of characters I encountered previously, the TMC obviously, but including the likes of Chris who is now in a relationship with Donna's mum, Patrice, and the Polish Bogdan, an ever reliable man who will do anything to help the TMC and who is developing feelings for Donna. He has been accused of stealing diamonds worth millions from the wrong men and he’s seriously on the lam. Ibrahim is mugged, and it leaves him frightened to leave his home, and he uses excuses why he can’t participate in outside activities.

Chris and Donna are carrying out surveillance on local drug and crime queen pin, Connie Johnson, but she is running rings around them, leading to them being helped by more 'experienced' London detectives.

All of our favourite characters are back with their smart investigative skills, their humour and their camaraderie. Lomax admits to sending Andrew to scare (but not kill) Douglas, but he insists he wasn’t responsible for the shootings. My favorite septuagenarians are back in this sequel to The Thursday Murder Club, which is just as entertaining and loveable. The plot introduces some new bad people: a local teenage thug; a tough-nut female drug dealer who (helpfully) goes weak at the knees around Bogdan; a high-level underworld “middle man” from whom mafia diamonds have been stolen on impulse by a raffish ex-husband of Elizabeth’s. Fun and ingenious … Osman blends humor and pathos while weaving his tangled web of intrigue and deception.A big thank-you to Richard Osman, Penguin General, and NetGalley for arc in exchange for my honest review. With Breathtaking, the palliative care specialist turns her attention to Covid, in a raw and unflinching portrayal of life on the frontline of the pandemic. It has filled my heart reading both of these books and I'm so looking forward to picking up the third!