Book info

• Title The Impossible Fortune
• Author Richard Osman
• Year 2025
• Genre Mystery

Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? 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?

Thoughts

I really enjoyed this book, it felt like one of the better ones in the series and I think that’s because the characters that we’ve now grown to love have their own things to deal with alongside the major plotline. Elizabeth is gradually coming out of her shell, Joyce has a wedding to plan whilst having a fractious relationship with her daughter, Ron’s extended family are in trouble, and Ibrahim is mildly oblivious of crime happening right under his nose. And then there’s the interesting plot about missing bitcoin on top of all that. Really easy to read and enjoyable plotting, I liked it!

Rating: 5 / 5