The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman
As you can tell, I was very happy to get my hands on it, and I was not disappointed.
For me, it was the kind of book that part of me wants to keep reading in order to know what will happen next, while part of me wants to read just a short chapter or two at a time, in order to draw out the pleasure of reading it.
I can say that I genuinely enjoyed every page, every dialogue, every paragraph and every line.
If you are familiar with The Thursday Murder Club and, like me, count Connie Johnson among your favourite villains (as a literary character only, of course), you will love the story, since Connie features quite prominently.
The familiar cast are all there, too, and a newcomer is added - here to stay, possibly, if there will be more books in the series (which is by no means certain, as far as I know).
As before, the book is much more than just a work of crime fiction. It's never only about solving a mystery with the Thursday Murder Club; the big topics of life and death, love and friendship, youth and age are all part of the parcel. There is food for (deep) thought as well as laugh-out-loud lines.
If you haven't yet read any of the books, I recommend you start with the first one. Typing "Thursday Murder Club" or "Richard Osman" in the search box in the top left corner of my blog you will find my reviews of the previous four in the series. Enjoy!
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