We Solve Murders
ISBN: 9780241608364
Description
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now. Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. As a private security officer, she doesn’t stay still long enough for habits or routines. She’s currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job. Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending an SOS to the only person she trusts. A breakneck race around the world begins, but can Amy and Steve stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy?
Reviewed on 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.