We Solve Murders
5th October 2024
Richard Osman proves that he can write a fun and compelling novel without his usual cast of characters, as we meet Amy, Steve, and Rosie, a somewhat unlikely team, and yet one that’s been great fun to read about.
The tone retains the same relaxed approach of his previous novels despite much more exotic settings. There’s a lot of humour throughout although balanced with a decent amount of introspective grief that combine to make very real feeling characters.
I did find some parts felt a bit confusing, as if I’d missed something and so wasn’t following the plot correctly, but I think this is how I’m meant to have felt, and was part of the classic obscuring of details that goes into making a mystery story.
I had a really nice team reading this and look forward to seeing how these characters evolve in the coming years.