Paperback, 423 pages
English language
Published Dec. 7, 2022 by Penguin Books.
It's the following Thursday.
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He is being hunted and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster and a very big mistake.
As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a killer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus?
But this time they are up against a ruthless murderer who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can the Thursday Murder Club find the killer (and the diamonds) before the killer finds them?
It's the following Thursday.
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He is being hunted and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster and a very big mistake.
As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a killer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus?
But this time they are up against a ruthless murderer who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can the Thursday Murder Club find the killer (and the diamonds) before the killer finds them?
In many ways this book is more polished than the first installment, but the plot here was just a little bit too outlandish for me to truly immerse myself. Still an enjoyable read though, and I will for sure be reading the next in the series.
Enjoyed this one a lot more - fewer characters and a more coherent plot.
Great that a lot of the major characters are still present and growing in this book.
Interesting to see what happens to the stakes going forwards.
So fond of this crew. Well-paced plot.
Es teiktu, ka labāka par pirmo. Humoriga.
Ook het tweede deel van deze reeks is goed bevallen. Soms wat overdone, maar genoeg humor om dat te compenseren. Spannend tot het einde, kortom prima vermaak. Deel drie en vier zijn ook al verschenen dus volgen ongetwijfeld binnenkort.
The characters and emotions Osman creates in this series are somehow both powerful and comfortable.
"The Man Who Died Twice" is the second book in the Thursday Murder Club series, and it preserves all the charm of the first one. The Club work together with Donna, Chris, and Bogdan to solve another mystery. Elizabeth is in her element faced against spies, criminals, and the New York mafia, supported by her loyal friends.
Mystery is but one aspect of this book. In between the lines, there is a discord about love, friendship, sickness, and death. All that described with a certain lightness, however.
Although the narration and the dialog is everything one would expect after reading "The Thursday Murder Club", Osman manged to intrigue. It is more than a mere rehash of the first book. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and can't wait to get to the next book in the series!
"The Man Who Died Twice" is the second book in the Thursday Murder Club series, and it preserves all the charm of the first one. The Club work together with Donna, Chris, and Bogdan to solve another mystery. Elizabeth is in her element faced against spies, criminals, and the New York mafia, supported by her loyal friends.
Mystery is but one aspect of this book. In between the lines, there is a discord about love, friendship, sickness, and death. All that described with a certain lightness, however.
Although the narration and the dialog is everything one would expect after reading "The Thursday Murder Club", Osman manged to intrigue. It is more than a mere rehash of the first book. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and can't wait to get to the next book in the series!
Entertaining, enjoyable and delightful characters. A little predictable in parts, but that might be down to listening to the audio book rather than reading it, so that gives much more time to think about it.
The second season of The Thursday Murder Club kicks off! Fresh from winning a BAFTA for best septuagenarian TV series, the gang are back! Staring that one you liked from Downton, and the woman who was in that thing back in the eighties.
This isn't a difficult second novel, it's practically identical to The Thursday Murder Club. But why mess with a winning formula, eh? The plot isn't particularly convoluted and is structured so that you'll guess each twist a couple of paragraphs before the protagonists.
The problem for cynics like me is... that it's all rather jolly fun. Spies and sordid revenge fantasies. Dashing around picturesque locations with an expert mix of whimsy and blood.
Sure, it is suffused with a slightly patronising air of "aren't old people funny!?" and some slightly weird sociological commentary - but it's good knockabout fun.
Look, you're going to buy it anyway. It'll …
The second season of The Thursday Murder Club kicks off! Fresh from winning a BAFTA for best septuagenarian TV series, the gang are back! Staring that one you liked from Downton, and the woman who was in that thing back in the eighties.
This isn't a difficult second novel, it's practically identical to The Thursday Murder Club. But why mess with a winning formula, eh? The plot isn't particularly convoluted and is structured so that you'll guess each twist a couple of paragraphs before the protagonists.
The problem for cynics like me is... that it's all rather jolly fun. Spies and sordid revenge fantasies. Dashing around picturesque locations with an expert mix of whimsy and blood.
Sure, it is suffused with a slightly patronising air of "aren't old people funny!?" and some slightly weird sociological commentary - but it's good knockabout fun.
Look, you're going to buy it anyway. It'll make the flight to a sun-kissed island pass in no time at all.
Thanks to NetGalley for the review copy. The book is released later this year.
