A body guard, a retired detective, and a billionaire author walk into a bar…
While I haven’t read all of the Thursday Murder Club books, I was happy to hear that Richard Osman had a new series on hand. We Solve Murders keeps the same genre, but steps out of the sleepy retirement village in the countryside of England.
Instead of retirees solving crime, our protagonists are Amy (a body guard), her father-in-law (ex-detective), and a very successful author (crime novels of course). The three hop from one country to another as the stakes get higher, but if you know Thursday Murder Club this is a cozy murder mystery. Maybe not quite as cozy, but it will definitely aims to leave you feeling warm.
It’s an enjoyable read, though I did go on a bit of a journey with the writing. That third protagonist, the billionaire author of crime novels, she was too quippy for me. Every line of hers was an over the top jaded joke, and she had quite a few lines. Eventually I got over it and I enjoyed the character more, but along with a few too many cute plot points left this quite a few pegs down from Osman’s first book.