What a fun new series, now having read book two in the series I can say this is one series I will keep tabs on and look forward to reading each one as they are published. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman follows the now fully established Thursday murder club.
The Thursday Murder Club both the title and the group that solves mysteries, originally old cold cases as a group of proper British elders living in an assisted living situation. In the first novel, when one of the friends in the assisted living home dies this group gets a chance to help solve the mystery of their death.
So now, Elizabeth, who was working for MI5 years ago, Joyce who once was a nurse, Ibrahim and Ron have teamed up with Chris and Donna both local police officers and are ready to solve another case.
As luck would have it, this time Elizabeth's ex husband appears on the scene and is looking for some help from Elizabeth. Teaming up with her friends and thinking back to some memories of her past with her ex, Douglas, they are all caught up in another mysterious death. Intertwined is an act of violence suffered by Ibrahim, when three hooded teenagers knock him down and take his cellphone.
Wonderfully tied up in the end are all the loose ends and all the divergent plots pull together in a neat package. This is an entertaining series that could easily be recreated for a BBC mystery series. Not too much violence and lots of interesting characters, with light twisty plots that you will not figure out ahead of the ending.
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