The Man Who Died Twice: (The Thursday Murder Club 2)

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Its an utter joy to be re-acquainted with the slew of characters I encountered previously, the TMC obviously, but including the likes of Chris who is now in a relationship with Donna's mum, Patrice, and the Polish Bogdan, an ever reliable man who will do anything to help the TMC and who is developing feelings for Donna. Plenty of heart-breaking and heart-warming moments for all the members of The Thursday Murder Club this time around as well as action and intrigue. Richard Osman on The Man Who Died Twice: 'Celebrity novelist is the worst phrase in the English language' ". After reading Richard Osman's first book, The Thursday Murder Club and finding it a bit of a confusing read, I was a bit reluctant to give this one a try.

In this one in particular, there's a bit of violence and a number of dead bodies and I just felt like, well, I don't think real people would continue to go along.

The strength of a “Cozy” is its characters and it’s what I enjoy MOST in this series although the mystery is THIS book was much stronger and more entertaining than the one in the first, for me!

Ibrahim, though homebound, has a meaningful role to play in aiding his friends while dealing with his own trauma from his attack. His first two novels, The Thursday Murder Club and The Man Who Died Twice were multi-million-copy record-breaking bestsellers around the world. It’s one thing to be able to voice one or two characters effectively, but to do a large cast of both female and male characters, all with different ages, speech patterns and dialects and to make each one distinctly their own is a true gift, and she’s got it in spades. But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. In my review for The Thursday Murder Club, I wrote, “One word for this book, along with the four main characters: Charming.After really enjoying the first book in this series I borrowed the next two books from a family member who had actually recommended it to me. Like The Thursday Murder Club, the plot revolves around a quartet of pensioners living in Kent who solve murders: Elizabeth, Ron, Ibrahim, and Joyce. Little does she know that “The Thursday Murder Club” will soon be embroiled in a dangerous new case involving 20 million dollars in stolen diamonds, MI5 spies and even the New York City Mafia!

It is important to stop sometimes and just have a drink and gossip with friends, even as corpses start to pile up around you. Douglas is the one broke into the house and stuffed the gills with diamonds but he made a mistake by taking off his ski mask in front of surveillance cameras. I would love this book even without audio, but having listened to her narrate both books so far, I can’t imagine it without her now. It would appear some diamonds have gone missing, possibly stolen, and everyone imaginable is demanding they be found… or else! The case puts them in grave danger and also causes the foursome to confront personal fears and, ultimately, embrace life.Joyce is retired nurse, the most eccentric and quirky member trying to make changes in her life by adopting a rescue dog and joining the Instagram, cooking hell of delicious cakes! Bogdan (whose name I heard as BobDan for the entirety of the 1st book), Donna, Chris, Patrice, and everyone else that they add to their little murder club as the books go by are all so real to me. The twinkle that could make you walk down the aisle with a man almost ten years your junior, and regret it within months.

Another special friend of the club, is the calm and mysterious Bogdan, someone who always has the means to get something unusual done. With diamonds, MI5, cocaine dealers and local thugs the members of the Thursday Murder Club have their hands full.

On reflection, he can’t even remember whose grenades they were, or why he had agreed to bury them, but that comes with age. The personal story of Ibrahim is quite touching and, unfortunately, a horrific reminder that assaults like this do happen to our seniors. It was quite a long journey back, so somewhere in northern France I unwrapped Ibrahim's chocolates and we ate them, and then I unwrapped Ron's beers and we drank them. However, he stated: "As a reviewer I can find plenty of faults, but as a reader I didn't care", having "read it from cover to cover and enjoyed every minute.