We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

Combining the heart and humour of The Thursday Murder Club with a puzzling international mystery, welcome to the blockbusting new series from the biggest new fiction author of the decade, Richard Osman.

Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers the pub quiz and afternoons at home with his cat Trouble. His days of adventure are over – that’s his daughter-in-law Amy’s business now.

Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul, which makes being a private security officer to billionaires the perfect job. She’s currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending Steve an SOS . . .

As a breakneck race around the world begins, can they stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy?

Comments

This book was well received by our readers. Described mostly as a very enjoyable read.

The comparison was invariably made to Richard Osmans previous series The Thursday Murder Club. All of our readers enjoyed that series.

The key characters were very liked by the group, fun characters 

A key criticism by many was that there were too many characters, often with cliched development.

It was almost necessary to keep a list of the characters to follow the story. The story was also too convoluted for some readers, destinations were all over the place and the reasoning seemed unnecessary and often unbelievably outlandish.

There were, however, many good giggle moments and emotionally warm relationship portrayals between key characters.

We felt it was almost written with a TV series in mind!

A recommended read for readers who are looking for  a light, fun story.

Read by MJ Readers Book Group