Richard Osman is an author, producer and television presenter. The Thursday Murder Club is his first novel. He is well known for TV shows including Pointless and Richard Osman’s House of Games. As the creative director of Endemol UK, Richard has worked as an executive producer on numerous shows including Deal Or No Deal and 8 Out of 10 Cats. He is also a regular on panel and game shows such as Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You and Taskmaster.
Having read the first of Richard Osman’s books, The Thursday Murder Club, this was an obvious choice to follow the story. We re-join amateur sleuths Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron at Coopers Edge Retirement village on their next adventures and escapades with the addition of some new characters.
“I expect Elizabeth will Happen”
Elisabeth’s colourful past as an MI5 agent provides a fantastic story of helping an old colleague. Involving not only some costly diamonds but the mafia as well. There’s murder and mayhem as the friends try to solve the mystery and some cryptic clues to find the truth and maybe the diamonds. As before, it’s very entertaining; there is some blossoming romance and depictions of great relationships and challenges which they overcome together.
The characters were already well developed, but we learn more about them and their strengths and challenges here. Joyce has some of her own chapters taken from her diary, where she chats away, writing down her thoughts and what she wants to tell her daughter about. All of the characters are relevant to the plot. There are many flashbacks to Elizabeth’s past career, and her introspection around her marriage is very touching.
The ending is delightful, all the loose ends are tied up, and I assume there will be more books to come in the series, which I am already looking forward to.
I loved this book; it was better than the first book in the series, in my opinion. It has a great plot that, while it seems a little unbelievable of a group of septuagenarians, I can imagine my late grandmother being similar. It’s primarily funny but has some more serious parts.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes to laugh, who enjoys a murder mystery or a fairly light-hearted read about a supergroup of friends.
Thank you to Net Galley, the Publisher and the Author for a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
| Title | The Man Who Died Twice |
| Author | Richard Osman |
| Series | The Thursday Murder Club Book 2 |
| Format | eARC |
| Page Count | 422 Pages |
| Genre | Mystery & Thrillers |
| Publisher | Penguin |
| Release Date | 16th September 2021 |
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