The Thursday Murder Club sleuths again in Richard Osman's The Bullet That Missed (#1,129). This time they've settled on the death of a TV journalist who died ten years ago when her car went over a tall cliff into the sea. In fact, the intrepid silver brigade has manuevered Mike Waghorn into conducting an interview with Ron Ritchie onsite at Coopers Chase. Once they've lowered Mike's guard by judicious use of alcohol, they hope to get the inside scoop on his former co-presenter, Bethany Waites. Was anything suspicious going on in her life at the time she vanished?
They succeed in capturing Mike's interest, but in the meantime, Elizabeth and her husband Stephen are kidnapped on their daily walk. The hoods are removed from their heads in a well-stocked library to face an unknown man. The Viking has an order for Elizabeth: kill Viktor Illyich. If she refuses, the Viking will kill Joyce Meadows instead to ensure Elizabeth's compliance.
Love, hate, greed, friendship, spycraft, worsening dementia and cryptocurrency - it's all grist for the mill in this thoroughly enjoyable third installment of Richard Osman's mystery series featuring the inhabitants of an English assisted-living facility, aided by the frenemies they've made within the local constabulary. Does anyone come out alive at the end, and is the mystery of Bethany Waites solved? I'm sure you can guess, but all the fun is in getting there.
Did I mention that a delightful new member of the cast has made his debut? It's Alan - Joyce's rescue dog! Love is in the air all around.
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