4+ stars Delightful. The Thursday Murder Club is the brainchild of two women of a certain age, Penny and Elizabeth. Penny is a retired detective and Elizabeth seems to have been in espionage. After retirement Penny hung on to her cold case files, which they have used as fodder for the club. Penny now lays comatose and Joyce has been recruited to take her place. Elizabeth and Joyce are joined by Ron, an old union organizer, and Ibrahim, a psychiatrist. They are exactly what we all want to be in our golden years—active, interested, social, and intellectually sharp. But one day, there is a murder right under the Club's nose. As Elizabeth says, “This is wonderful.” They throw themselves into the investigation, alternately annoying and assisting the local police. Things get complicated. Elizabeth calls in some old mysterious favours and takes some daring risks, making sure she has Joyce as backup. These folks are everything that we older folk want to be when we grow up. Connected with the modern world (although Tinder makes Joyce sad because it looks like lost cat posters) and connected to their children. Even though they are annoying and willing to break the law, the two police officers are reluctantly becoming friends with them. I have no idea whether Osman plans to write more adventures for these intrepid investigators but if he does, I want to read them. Although he blew through a lot of personal secrets in this volume, as Elizabeth and Joyce note life keeps moving on. And if anyone can find them more cases to solve, it will be Elizabeth. |
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