The Impossible Fortune: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery By Richard Osman Penguin ISBN: 978-0593653272 368pp.

Richard Osman is back, and he’s not playing it safe.

The Impossible Fortune: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery isn’t just any Thursday Murder Club Mystery instalment. This one could safely be called his most intricate and emotionally layered story to date. Fans of Osman will know the stakes have been rising with each book, but this one? It’s an explosion, literally and metaphorically.

Osman, once known as the charming quiz show host-turned-bestselling crime writer, has firmly cemented himself as Britain’s new Agatha Christie for the streaming generation. His voice, warm, wry and observant, remains intact. But this time, Osman adds a sharper edge: grief, morality and the blurred lines between justice and revenge.

On paper, it’s still a cosy mystery. But scratch the surface and you’ll find a thriller grappling with grief, ageing, cybercrime and even the digital economy of death. Osman uses his trademark humour to explore loneliness and human connection, and how love, in its many forms, often leads to both miracles and mayhem.

Richard Osman’s latest slow-burn thriller continues his trademark balance of humour and morbid mystery, tapping into something deeper — that we all crave purpose, connection and a bit of chaos to remind us we’re alive

Richard Osman’s latest slow-burn thriller continues his trademark balance of humour and morbid mystery, tapping into something deeper — that we all crave purpose, connection and a bit of chaos to remind us we’re alive

The story opens with a bang, quite literally, on a shady........

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