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

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In fact, I think all mystery lovers should do themselves a favor and give this series a try, because if you don’t, you are really missing out on something special!

Publication information is for the USA, and (unless stated otherwise) represents the first print edition. The Man Who Died Twice focuses on the theme of age, with Osman saying that he did not want to patronise the elderly.

EXCERPT: The nights are beginning to draw in a little, and the sun is sinking behind the trees on top of the hill as Elizabeth reaches Ruskin Court and rings the bell for number 14. The second novel in the record-breaking, million-copy bestselling Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman.

It was the perfect trip, and as far as Stephen was concerned, the whole weekend was one magical accident. The pre-booked (no pun intended) franchising of book serials produces too many weak series and/or series that get progressively worse each book, the flipside when a series is written well, it becomes bigger than the sum of its parts, welcome to the Thursday Murder Club mystery series :) Club member, Elizabeth's past comes to her retirement complex as drug dealing, mugging (singular), theft, murders (plural) and more shake up (or is that stimulate) the lives of the four elderly Club members, their local police allies and everyone's favourite builder Bogdan, when her former employers Military Intelligence (and her former husband! Oh, and on an unrelated but practical note, I also learned that if you're ever attacked and you have a knife to defend yourself with, you should hold it with an overhand grip instead of an underhand one, as that allows for greater force.Bogdan, a Polish man of many useful talents, helps around Cooper's Chase and in this one, is particularly helpful to Elizabeth. Richard Osman fulfils the promise of his quintessentially English offbeat and comic crime debut, Thursday Murder Club (TMC), with this cracking sequel. Pretending to be a plumber, Ron plants the cocaine and Ibrahim’s credit card in the tank of Ryan’s toilet.