Author: Richard Osman
Year published: 2025
Category: Adult fiction (mystery)
Pages: 368 pages
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Location: (my 2025 Google Reading map): UK
Summary: Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan?
It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favorite criminal.
But when Elizabeth meets Nick, a wedding guest asking for her help, she finds the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. And when Nick disappears without a trace, his cagey business partner becomes the gang’s next stop. It seems the duo have something valuable—something worth killing for.
Joyce’s daughter, Joanna, jumps into the fray to help the gang as they seek answers: Has someone kidnapped Nick? And what’s this uncrackable code they keep hearing about? Plunged back into action once more, can the four friends solve the puzzle and a murder in time?
Review: A fifth book in the Thursday Murder Club series? Yes please!
I love the cast of characters in this book (played so well in the movie, did you see it?), and this novel allowed them all to shine. I do like that the mysteries in this series are good and interesting, but really, it's the characters that make them so charming. The main characters are smart, funny, and are a wonderful friend group, and they make me laugh out loud sometimes. The secondary characters (their police friends, the villains, etc.) are also so well-written. Each book in the series adds on to the cast of characters, and we get to know the existing group even better.
This book brings the group into the 21st century with Bitcoin, underground "compounds" (vaults), and more. I thought it was a good storyline, and I learned a bunch of stuff, which is always a good thing.
Challenges for which this counts: none
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