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)…
Cleo Cooper, is reveling in a rare sunny day in Hilo, Hawaii, with her marine scientist boyfriend, on a university research vessel when a grizzly surprise is hauled up in a dragline. Tangled in the net is someone Cleo knows. Police determine it is murder and set their sights on a gentle former student and Cleo is pressed by his family to act. Armed with her expertise in Psychology, and some trusty friends, Cleo works to prove Kai’s innocence. But with bodies piling up, someone makes an attempt on Cleo’s life. Mother Nature steps in to complicate matters when a tsunami threatens the Big Island as Cleo closes in on the killer. What happened to Cleo’ life in paradise? Can she stop the killer before the killer stops her?
