Osborne’s books are entertaining, but deal with weighty issues: A spouse with dementia, close friends dying, and the knowledge that their lifespan is coming to a close.
For a cozy mystery, the characters have life-and-death challenges. But their determination to get the most out of the time that is left, and ambition to continue to be useful, gave me a glimpse into how I want to approach old age.
Elizabeth, Stephen, and Bogdon take central stage in this book, and are some of my favorite characters. And a new man from Elizabeth’s past enters the mix and has me rubbing my hands in anticipation of Osborn’s new release this fall.
A new mystery is afoot in the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series from record-breaking, bestselling author Richard Osman.
It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal.
Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers.
Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill. . . or be killed.
As the cold case turns white hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience…
This book is fun, like eating cotton candy. But I love The Field’s Guide series because each one takes place in a different country and I love learning about customs in other countries.
These are also smart books and touch on delicate social and international issues. Poppy is a bon vivant with a heart of gold underneath the super-chic social media persona. So when I travel with her, we go first class. Poppy’s also a secret agent for a super-secret spy agency, so there are thrilling twists and turns. She is funny and sassy but soft-hearted. I hate to say goodbye to Poppy when the book ends.
The trouble started in Greece with a favor for her new father-in-law. When Poppy Fields picked up a package in Athens, she had no idea how many people were interested in its contents. Desperately interested. Murderously interested.
Now she's on the run, racing across Turkey in a cat-and-mouse game with multiple killers. Because what's in the package could change the world.
Again, my choices come back to characters that I love. Corie Geller is someone I relate to.
Most of the books I find have protagonists with a tragic past. I enjoy those books and learn about other people’s reality, which is good. But it was delightful to encounter a protagonist with a solid, supportive middle-class family.
Corie has a good life and her biggest challenge is trying to enjoy the fabulous situation she has been lucky enough to fall into. Until she pokes a suspicious hornet’s nest and a serial killer comes after her. This book was a flashing red warning sign to me to be thankful, and treasure all I have.
Just a few years ago, Corie Geller was busting terrorists as an agent for the FBI. But at thirty-five, she traded in her badge for the stability of marriage and motherhood. Between cooking meals and playing chauffeur, Corie scouts Arabic fiction for a few literary agencies and, on Wednesdays, has lunch with her fellow Shorehaven freelancers at a so-so French restaurant. Life is, as they say, fine.
But at her weekly lunches, Corie senses that something's off. Pete Delaney, a seemingly bland package designer, always shows up early, sits in the same spot (often with a different phone in hand)…
A psych professor in Hawaii gets dragged into a murder investigation when all she WANTS to do is paddle outrigger canoe and travel the world. To follow her heart? Or the clues?
