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The bullet that missed / Richard Osman.

Osman, Richard, 1970- (author.).

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It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case--their favorite kind--leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill or be killed. Suddenly the cold case has become red hot. While Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim chase down the clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?

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  • ISBN: 9780593299395 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0593299396 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 342 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First North American edition.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2022.

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Subject: Book clubs (Discussion groups) > Fiction.
Older people > Fiction.
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Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Humorous fiction.

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  • 2 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch M OSMAN R (Text) 33126020122929 Mystery Available -
Erlanger Branch M OSMAN R (Text) 33126020122937 Mystery Available -
Independence Branch M OSMAN R (Text) 33126020122911 Mystery Checked out 05/13/2024
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  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2022 September

    The four retirees of the Thursday Murder Club—Ron, Joyce, Elizabeth, and Ibrahim—are back to investigate the cold case of a TV reporter, Bethany Waites, who disappeared 10 years earlier. Bethany had been reporting on a big fraud case the night her car went over a cliff; her body has never been found. Heather Garbutt went to prison for the fraud Bethany was investigating, but she refuses to confess to murder. As the Thursday Murder Club digs into the case, former MI6 spy Elizabeth harbors private worries about text messages she's been receiving, that order her to kill an aging KGB agent to save Joyce's life. Osman's novel is a convoluted story with investigations into fraud, murder, and threats in a case that takes the group into prisons, TV studios, and danger; romance, humor, and a clever trap to catch a villain fill out the plot. VERDICT Although the third in Osman's series (after The Man Who Died Twice) is confusing at times, it's a character-rich mystery that will be eagerly received by fans of the Thursday Murder Club.—Lesa Holstine

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