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Jan. 22nd, 2025 08:51 pmBook Review: The Bullet That Missed, by Richard Osman
Continuing The Thursday Murder Club series, this time the gang are investigating tax fraud and the murder of an investigative journalist who had been on the case. But they get caught up in a money laundering operation, via the consequences of their previous actions. These books are best read in sequence.
As usual, the humour is clever, wry, and comes thick-and-fast. Of course, Bogdan will be available with the right tools for the job. Of course, Stephen will snap out of his Alzheimer's to make some lucid and very pertinent observation. Nevertheless, there's a lot of now how will they get out of that? and some multi-layered conclusions.
I'm anticipating the film adaptation of the first book, which I believe will air in cinemas this year, as well as on Netflix. In my head, Elizabeth is played by Celia Imrie and Joyce by Thelma Barlow, but that is the continuation of Dinnerladies by other means, and as the latter is now 95, well, I suppose we have moved on a generation, and perhaps it's for the best that Celia Imrie has been cast as Joyce.
Continuing The Thursday Murder Club series, this time the gang are investigating tax fraud and the murder of an investigative journalist who had been on the case. But they get caught up in a money laundering operation, via the consequences of their previous actions. These books are best read in sequence.
As usual, the humour is clever, wry, and comes thick-and-fast. Of course, Bogdan will be available with the right tools for the job. Of course, Stephen will snap out of his Alzheimer's to make some lucid and very pertinent observation. Nevertheless, there's a lot of now how will they get out of that? and some multi-layered conclusions.
I'm anticipating the film adaptation of the first book, which I believe will air in cinemas this year, as well as on Netflix. In my head, Elizabeth is played by Celia Imrie and Joyce by Thelma Barlow, but that is the continuation of Dinnerladies by other means, and as the latter is now 95, well, I suppose we have moved on a generation, and perhaps it's for the best that Celia Imrie has been cast as Joyce.