mystery
Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron, and Ibrahim, four septuagenarians
living in a retirement community in England, get together weekly to try to
solve old murder cases for the fun of it. When murder occurs within their
community, The Thursday Murder Club tries to identify those responsible using every means
available to them.
What a joy! This story and the characters pulled me in
immediately. The story was so funny at times I laughed out loud! It’s a mystery
and a comedy but it’s also about aging and friendship. Life is hard, then you get old, and must
learn to function as best you can in your new reality.
However, there were several days I was unable to devote any
time to this book, and I had already forgotten who several of the secondary
characters were. It was hard to keep
track of everyone without living in their world continually. Also, I’m not a mystery lover overall and
this novel lost focus due to too many moving parts, in my opinion. To summarize, I loved the central characters
but I didn’t love Richard Osman's mysteries.
Interestingly, I first tried listening to the audiobook
months ago and gave up after 3 minutes because of the poor sound quality. Then, forgetting I’d already tried this
audiobook, I began it again and did not remember my prior attempt until I realized I’d already saved a document with the same book
title. The difference this time? I have a new wireless set of ear buds with
lower sound quality than my wired pair. How funny! So, thanks to weaker technology,
I was able to enjoy the audiobook. The narrator, Lesley Manville, was a perfect
voice actor for this novel. She has a variety of voices and accents too. I was
unhappy with some of her male voices, however, and along with the serious sound
quality issues I’m giving this audiobook a B+.
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