Tag: suspects

What I’m Reading Now: The Thursday Murder Club

Book: The Thursday Murder Club

Author: Richard Osman

Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction

Have I Read This Author Before: No

One Sentence Summary: A Group of older individuals living together in a nursing home type facility in the UK become involved in a murder investigation when someone they know is murdered and they soon are doing a better job solving it than the local police

Did It Make Me Want to Keep Reading: Yes

Best Thing About the Book: Very funny but also a good mystery with lots of suspects and components; a very fast read

Worst Thing About the Book: The number of characters and story lines (both past and present) sometimes made it difficult to remember all of the components

What I Learned: Many British terms as I was often googling when I came across something I didn’t know: Spanner (wrench), wpc (Woman Police Constable), Stone (about 14 pounds) to name a few

The Bottom Line: After being enmeshed in intense thrillers for the last several months, this offered some of that mystery with less gore and more laughs

Would I Read This Author Again: Yes

Next Book to be Read by This Author: We Solve Murders

What I’m Reading Now: A Fatal Grace

Book: A Fatal Grace

Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction

Author: Louise Penny

Have I Read This Author Before: Yes (Still Life)

One Sentence Summary: An unliked woman is murdered in an unusual way in a small, Canadian town, and Inspector Armand Gamache is called upon to solve the crime amidst multiple suspects

Best Thing About the Book: Character development and story lines keep the reader guessing and changing theories throughout anxious to discover the explanation for apparently bizarre circumstances

Worst Thing About the Book: Worry over whether she can maintain creative story lines in the next Gamache mystery

Did it Make Me Keep Reading: Yes

What I Learned: Some new french words like tuque (a warm, knitted stocking cap) and reveillon (a nighttime celebration held after midnight on Christmas morning)

The Bottom Line: Penny is a great storyteller weaving multiple story lines that all fall neatly into place by the conclusion

Would I Read This Author Again: Yes

Next Book to Be Read By This Author: The cruellest month