Book #8: The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This might be the best novel in the Thursday Murder Club series so far.
So, the premise of this title is a bit different, as it involves a ten year old unsolved case that the main characters get involved in, involving a woman who is missing, presumed dead. To complicate things, the main suspect in the murder is found hanged early on, apparently a murder made to look like a suicide.
There is also a side plot in which Elizabeth is blackmailed by a man involved in cryptocurrency and money laundering. She has to kill Viktor, who was introduced in the previous book, or her best friend Joyce will be killed herself.
I really enjoyed this; first off, there was plenty of comic relief to keep the subject matter involving suicide references from feeling too bleak. Secondly, this seemed to have more plot twists than the previous books, so the moment when it felt like I understood what was going on, the next chapter would change my perception of things completely, and the book threw in a couple of impressive red herrings and double bluffs.
I'm told that Richard Osman is taking a break from writing, but I hope he comes up with another Thursday Murder Club mystery soon.
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