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Book Review: The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman (Thursday Murder Club Book #3)

  Book: The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club Book 3)  Author: Richard Osman  Pages: 400 Read on: Kindle  Read in: ~3 hours  Plot Summary:  It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should  finally  be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A local news legend is on the hunt for a sensational headline, and soon the gang are hot on the trail of two murders, ten years apart. To make matters worse, a new nemesis pays Elizabeth a visit, presenting her with a deadly mission: kill or be killed... While Elizabeth grapples with her conscience (and a gun), the gang and their unlikely new friends (including TV stars, money launderers and ex-KGB colonels) unravel a new mystery. But can they catch the culprit and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again? General Thoughts: I have really enjoyed the previous two books in the Thursday Murder Club Series, They've been reviewed on the blog an...

Book Review: The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood

  Book: The Marlow Murder Club  Author: Robert Thorogood  Publisher: HQ  Pages: 347  Read On: Kindle  How Long It Took Me To Read: 2 days  Plot Summary:   Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there’s no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords for The Times newspaper.  One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. The local police don’t believe her story, so she decides to investigate for herself, and is soon joined in her quest by Suzie, a salt-of-the-earth dog-walker, and Becks, the prim and proper wife of the local Vicar. Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club. When another body turns up, they realise they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might neve...