This latest title in this series by Richard Osman is no where near as amusing or entertaining as the earlier books. I found it rather boring compared to the previous titles and am wondering if the concept has run its course. Both the characters and the story line were predictable and the writing gets rather bogged down .

Consequently there’s no tension and it requires from the reader a willingness to overlook these inconsistencies for the sake of the laughs. And the laughs were there. Trouble is never far for the Thursday Murder Club and fans of this hit book series from Richard Osman, just can't wait to see what they are up to in their adventure! Richard Osman’s quaint and quirky quartet of seniors have become so real and endearing that they are practically national treasures whilst their antics, adventures and joie de vivre promote positivity in ageing.

Christmas Gifts

Richard Osman (Author, Narrator), Fiona Shaw (Narrator), Steph McGovern (Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher) & We know by now that outwitting international drug-dealers would be child’s play to the Club’s omnicompetent leader, retired spy Elizabeth, but she has more pressing concerns. In previous books, her husband Stephen had been able to play some part in the adventures despite being in the early stages of dementia, but he has now reached the stage of being only intermittently able to ­recognise her. This storyline marks the series’s transition from quietly poignant to deeply moving, with Osman giving us some of his best writing yet as Elizabeth’s ­situation prompts the other Club members to reflect on their own griefs and lost loves, with one ­character disclosing some sad secrets. A new mystery is afoot in the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman. There are lots of new characters who are as entertaining and believable as the familiar supporting cast whose circumstances and relationships continue to evolve in touching, amusing and beguiling ways.

Naturally, however, Osman doesn’t miss an opportunity for comedy, and with Elizabeth ­occupied elsewhere, the mild-mannered Joyce – surely Osman’s finest creation – makes an effort to channel Elizabeth’s acerbity and imperturbability as she and her pals hunt Kuldesh’s killer. Agatha Christie did it but it was always the one eccentric character amongst a cast of nefarious straight stereotypes. But every one of Osman’s huge cast of characters are dotty cuppa-lovers, including the ex-head of the Leningrad KGB no less, a mafia boss, a hardened convicted but inexplicably soul-searching murderess, a multi-billionaire and world’s greatest money launderer/nincompoop, and a supposedly ruthless ex-MI5 agent who shows no signs of jadedness or cynicism lest it distract from her crosswords.

Creative Play

The Bullet That Missed hits on every front. " —the Wall Street Journal It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case—their favorite kind--leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown