The Bullet That Missed: (The Thursday Murder Club 3)

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No body was ever found but this does not discourage the group, who is now aided by a Polish construction worker, a TV news presenter, a TV makeup artist, the former head of the Leningrad KGB, a cryptocurrency money launder, and members of the police department, and even a criminal who they put behind bars in Book 2.

And since the victim was chasing down a money-laundering scheme right before her death, what happened to all of that money? I really enjoyed seeing Elizabeth Best's past, as her career in British security service has been tantalizingly revealed during the course of the three novels. I’m not sure I’d try this on audio alone, because I found myself needing to look up names and situations a few times, but if you pay close attention you should be fine. The third book in the record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series from British national treasure Richard Osman. Writing genuinely funny prose is not at all easy; it is rare that I find a book that has me actually laughing out loud, but I snickered so much reading this one that it was remarked upon by my family.This time round, Richard Osman’s “four harmless pensioners” are investigating the case of Bethany Waites, a television reporter who was looking into a huge VAT fraud when her car was driven off a cliff in the middle of the night and whose body was never found. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. And, as with most of these books, one murder leads to more murders and attempted murders, as the plot thickens and the gang gets closer to finding out the truth. Rest assured however that by the final twenty percent, I wanted an uninterrupted block of time because Richard Osman had incorporated some interesting plot points.

Before her car accident, Bethany had texted her colleague Mike Waghorn that she was on the precipice of exposing a fraudulent VAT scheme. As in the other novels there is some great humor and I can’t help but love this group of characters, including the new additions. Negatives: I thought the author got so caught up in the ending of the book that he left some loose ends to a few of the plot lines. And, Ibrahim and Ron continue to become more vulnerable as they grow confident by the loyal friendship that this Club has given to all four members. It is not all laughs – Osman doesn’t milk it for pathos, but Elizabeth’s battle with Stephen’s developing dementia is heart-wrenching.

A journalist, Bethany Waite, was said to have committed suicide by driving her car off a cliff, however her body has never been found. Septuagenarians Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are investigating the decade old unsolved murder of TV news show co-host and journalist Bethany Waites where things seem. Along for the ride are DCI Donna deFreitas and DCI Chris Hudson, lovable Bogdan, and an ever-growing cast of old and new characters. The ensemble of the Thursday Murder Club is at it again, only this time they are attempting to solve the murder/disappearance of a tv journalist.