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January 2023 Group Read (spoiler thread): The Bullet That Missed, by Richard Osman
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I'm putting my name down for the next vacancy at Coopers Chase!The Bullet That Missed is a fun, clever piece of escapism featuring an ex-spy, an ex-boxer, a perfectly ordinary but extremely clever woman called Joyce who likes to write in her diaries, an EX-FBI agent, a money-launderer, and a television news reader amongst others. Yes, the whole gang is back along with a few new faces.
The Thursday Murder Club meets every Thursday at 11am in the jigsaw room - except for one notable Thursday when they met at 8am, much to Ibrahim's consternation - to solve murders. They manage to do this rather well, although they usually manage to produce a few more bodies along the way. And it doesn't hurt that they have a couple of tame police officers in their outer circle.
I love these characters: Elizabeth whose husband Stephen is slowly succumbing to dementia; Joyce and her dog Alan; Bogdan who provides muscle when needed and unobtrusively babysits Stephen when Elizabeth is otherwise occupied.
I haven't had so much fun since I read the last book in this series! It's a book that I read with a smile on my face, although I admit to holding my breath a couple of times when the situation got more than a little sticky, and to having a tear in my eye when Stephen confided his fears to Bogdan, and again when . . . well, when you get there, you'll know.
The Thursday Murder Club #4 is due for publication this time next year. I can't wait!
The links to my full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The bullet that missed was a thrill to read. By far my favorite in the series. Osman really does a tremendous job wrapping up each book and providing closure to the story. This book especially ended perfectly with Bethany still alive which was completely unexpected. Every time I read a Thursday murder club book I think I have it figured out only to be completely shocked by the outcome. Can’t wait for book 4.
Great chapter with Ron's thoughts during his couple's massage date with Pauline.
My Review-- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Anyone else hope that book #4 will be set in Dubai?
What a great series!
