The Man Who Died Twice: (The Thursday Murder Club 2)

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So many thanks to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Viking/ Pamela Dorman Books for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest thoughts. Even though Elizabeth enlists the help of her fellow Club members, things go awry and the bodies start piling up, as they are wont to do around this foursome. Not that she's worried about being killed, it doesn't feel to her like that's what's happening here, but it's always important to remember best practice. After reading The Thursday Murder Club last month, I knew I needed to continue with this series right away.

He explains that his life is in danger, that an international crime broker says he stole diamonds from him that belong to the New York Mafia. When one of their own, Ibrahim, is seriously injured during a violent mugging for his phone, there is no way the TMC, or local Fairhaven cops, DCI Chris Hudson and Donna De Freitas, are not going to seek vengeance. I have to say, I enjoyed this book more than I did the first one, maybe because I was now used to Osman's style of writing and more familiar with the characters.

Her genre voicing and voice inflections deliver the right amount of drama and humor to the listener. This is the second outing of the Thursday Murder Club, a group of septuagenarians who look into cold murder cases for fun. They have become so close, their actions surrounding Ibrahim are evidence of that and look, I didn’t mind the fact that the police were included in their plans. Ibrahim, though homebound, has a meaningful role to play in aiding his friends while dealing with his own trauma from his attack. Whereas The Thursday Murder Club made the introductions and scattered those “get to know you” details that one might enjoy at a party where conversations don’t go too deep, this book is more like a sit-down dinner with a glass of wine, where you really start to get to know your new friends and their histories.

This was such a wonderfully warm, witty and life affirming book about the importance of friendship and connection. The dialogue feels authentic from our elder characters, and the plot is developed to play perfectly between them and their reactions to events and other people. This proves to be an highly entertaining, fun, and engaging sequel, so definitely and deliciously moreish that I have no doubt that this will do as well, if not better than the first book for Osman. Joyce continued to share her HUMOROUS observations with us in her journal, and I really enjoyed seeing Elizabeth SHINE as she puts her MI5 skills to use to solve this case in real time, with new “partner in crime” Joyce! But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians.I am learning that it is important to stop sometimes, and just have a drink and a gossip with your friends, even as corpses start to pile up around you. Septuagenarians, Elizabeth, Ron, Ibraham and Joyce, are on a new case and they have their hands full with this one!

Elizabeth: once upon a time a spy, having vivid past, involving into international operations and she didn’t share most of it with her friends now taking care of her husband Stephen who is suffering from dementia. Even though they are busy with their far from successful surveillance of local drug dealer Connie Johnson, Fairhaven’s finest cops DCI Chris Hudson and his partner PC Donna De Freitas are again on hand to assist our favourite senior citizens especially when Ibrahim becomes the victim of a vicious mugging.He is also a regular on panel and game shows such as Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You and Taskmaster. It's such a great performance, I plan to listen to the audiobook when the next book in this series is published!

With the investigation going into multiple directions and chaos going around every corner, it’s a mystery how the cases are even solved. It sits beneath the surface most of the time, but is very effective when it floats to the top, as a sobering reminder of the limitations and personal background stories of our favorite characters. Thank you to Penguin/Viking for providing me with a widget of the ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.It’s fair to say I don’t think I could ever tire of these characters who for all their lighthearted silly banter are superb friends to one another. On reflection, he can’t even remember whose grenades they were, or why he had agreed to bury them, but that comes with age. This is just the type of book we need right now, well written, a good plot and lots of fun in excellent company.