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lightreads) wrote2024-11-02 01:54 pm
lightreads) wrote2024-11-02 01:54 pm
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We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
We Solve Murders
4/5. Start of another mystery series, this one about a bodyguard and her client and her father-in-law who get tangled up in international moneylaundering, for reasons.
This uses many of the same cards as his other books: a strong lean on platonic and nontraditional friendship bonds; short, punchy chapters; a mix of the zany and the serious. It did entertain me, but not as well as his other books did. Some of these short character sketches missed the mark on funny for me and came way too close to mean, for one. I’ll try the next one, because sometimes it takes a series a while to find its feet.
Content notes: Murder, grief, lost spouse.
4/5. Start of another mystery series, this one about a bodyguard and her client and her father-in-law who get tangled up in international moneylaundering, for reasons.
This uses many of the same cards as his other books: a strong lean on platonic and nontraditional friendship bonds; short, punchy chapters; a mix of the zany and the serious. It did entertain me, but not as well as his other books did. Some of these short character sketches missed the mark on funny for me and came way too close to mean, for one. I’ll try the next one, because sometimes it takes a series a while to find its feet.
Content notes: Murder, grief, lost spouse.