The Impossible Fortune
ISBN: 9780241743980
Description
It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal. But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who fears for their life, the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. A villain wants access to an uncrackable code and will stop at nothing to get it. Plunged back into their most explosive investigation yet, can the gang solve the puzzle and a murder in time?
Reviewed on 19th October 2025
An enjoyable return to the Thursday Murder Club, as they investigate the disappearance of Joyce's daughter's groom's best man.
Somehow Osman combines increasingly complex plots with a narrative that makes suspension of disbelief effortless, and so it's utterly convincing that these characters could find themselves in these situations.
There are some aspects that felt quite dark, but in other ways also very revealling about the characters, their relationships, and in particular the way they want to help and protect their respective younger generations.
My only issue was that the cast has expanded so much over the course of the novels (often the way) that I find it hard to remember who everyone is and how they ended up involved.
A great outing that I enjoyed racing through.
