I loved The Thursday Murder Club, and couldn’t wait to read The Man Who Died Twice to spend more time with Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim. I wasn’t disappointed. I found this novel laugh out loud funny, in the way the characters interact and express themselves. I enjoyed the various romances (and promise of what is to come), as well as the more touching themes such as Ibrahim’s doubts and sadness. Chris and Donna are back as the police team, and Chris’s attempts to shape up and get healthy made me laugh. Added to all of this, a compelling story as The Thursday Murder Club get embroiled with M15 and the mafia as they try to solve murders and locate missing diamonds. I did sometimes think, ‘would this really happen’ but it’s somehow all so believable. Great last line that wraps the plot up in a satisfying way.

An easy five stars. I hope to see the Thursday Murder Club return in book number three!

Honestly wonderful. Smart, war, compelling, dark, and funny - sometimes all in the same paragraph, A pure pleasure to read.

When Elizabeth receives a letter asking for help from an old colleague she is quite taken back as there is history before her marriage to Stephen. Then Ibrahim is not only mugged in the street but brutally attacked and ends up in hospital. So it is up to the rest of the Thursday Murder Club to not only find out who but to make sure that they pay for the crime. When stolen diamonds are thrown into the mix with a murderer on the loose things become very interesting.
I really enjoyed this book and not only can visualise the characters but quite enjoy being in their company.

I loved the first in this series and was worried I would not like this one as much BUT I need not have worried, I loved this one too.

The Thursday Murder Club gang are back and are still meeting and going through old cases then they get a current case to solve. This time they have to deal with the local police, gangsters, drug dealers, MI5, ex husbands.

It was lovely to meet up with the gang of Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim again and they all have their part to play in solving the crime. I hope this is not the last time we see them all.

Thank you to the publishers and Net Galley for my advance copy of this book.

If anyone thought that Richard Osman may have had a one-hit wonder with The Thursday Murder Club then this book will prove them wrong. Our old friends from the retirement village - Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron are here again, along with the police - Donna and Chris (Chris has a new mysterious lady friend) and of course Bogdan the Hunk. Along with them we have £20,000,000 of missing diamonds, the Mafia, an old friend of Elizabeth, a young thug and a local drug dealer/general bad person. I won't give any of the plot away but it is as exciting, humorous and warm as the first.

A real treat. Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to read this delicious book.

Growing older gracefully? Not the Thursday Murder Club.

They're at it again - investigating (or, to the less charitable, poking their noses in where it's not wanted).

This time, an old colleague of Elizabeth is in trouble. Big trouble. Trouble involving diamonds and a mobster. And when you involve Elizabeth, you involve Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron too.

The most exciting, brilliant and funny thing you'll read this year. Can't wait for their next adventure.

I was thrilled to be sent an ARC of The Man Who Died Twice. I read the first Thursday Murder Club book earlier this year and it became a firm favourite, so I have been awaiting the sequel eagerly. Osman does not disappoint, the characters are as fun and engaging as ever and the stakes even higher.

I would 100% recommend this to fans of The Thursday Murder Club

The Thursday Murder Club - which I LOVED - is a tough act to follow. I wondered whether this second instalment chronicling the sleuthing adventures of the Coopers Chase quartet would disappoint. It is fair to say it did not.

Osman combines another great plot with superb writing, brilliant characters, many many moments that made me chuckle out loud, and others that tugged at my heartstrings. The Man Who Died Twice is a truly great read and will absolutely be one of my books of the year. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Bring on book three.

The Man Who Dies Twice sounds like a Bond film and to be fair, there’s as much adventure, mafia, espionage and romance in this book to rival such a film!

The Thursday Murder Club are back with their second adventure set a week or two after the first book. These pensioners have more energy than I do at half their age. On the outside it’s a lovely gentle read but one I couldn’t put down. I enjoyed all the wee twists and turns throughout the book and while I had an inkling of the end, I hadn’t guessed it all which was good. You get so caught up in each of their lives and you won’t want the book to end.

A 5 star read!

Oh my word!! The times in this book that I’ve been helpless with laughter! Absolutely fantastic book with great characters and brilliant plotting. A word of warning: never underestimate the elderly because they have skills you wouldn’t believe lol. Another fabulous book by Richard Osman, this, once again had everything you could want from a novel. Amazing read. Please keep them coming.

Another outstanding outing for the Thursday Murder club gang. I was concerned that this book would not be as good as the first however I should not have worried. The storyline flows and I found myself not wanting to put the book down. The continuing story of all the characters was believable and I just love Joyce (well we all know a Joyce.) I cannot wait for the next in the series. For anyone who has read the first outing you will enjoy the second and for those who have not yet read the first what are you waiting for?
A truly fantastic read.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for this review copy. I couldn’t quite believe my luck at being given the opportunity by the publisher to read an early review copy of “The man who died twice” and the novel does not disappoint. Unlike the first novel in the series, the main characters are established- so much so that, though it had been several months since I read the first in the series, within a few pages I felt like I was being greeted by old friends again. It is rare for an author to create such a believable world so quickly. The humour that was a running thread in the first novel is seamlessly woven through this one as well and yet it is never at the characters expense. I look forward to continuing this series in the future as I have no doubt this is a series that should run for a very long time.

A rollicking adventure that is so much fun! Richard Osman has hit another one out of the park.
New York mafia; MI5 and 6; international money laundering; local drug dealers; and lots of bodies.
Elizabeth is sucked back into her old life, and she brings her friends along for the ride.
So funny, yet poignant and insightful. Gripping tension mixed with the absurdity of septuagenarians getting the better of highly dangerous criminals.
I really didn’t want the book to end and am already looking forward to the next adventure with the “treasures “of Coopers Chase.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy, this was a pleasure to read, and the characters will stay with me for a while. Highly recommend.

I'd been looking forward to reading the second in Richard Osman’s comedy murder mystery series ever since I finished “The Thursday Murder club” last year.
It is not a disappointment. If anything, "The Man who Died Twice" is even better than the first book. The fast-paced plot is equally far-fetched, but not to the point of being ridiculous, the dialogue sparkles, and the characters are well-rounded. There is enough back-story to ensure that new readers of the series are not confused by the dynamic between characters, but not so much as to bore readers returning to the series.
I think that the plot of “The Man who Died Twice" includes more of the subtle considerations of contemporary moral and social dilemmas, including the nature of ageing, than there were in the first in this series, and, as before, these are very sensitively addressed.
With thanks to the publisher, Penguin, and to Netgalley for giving me a copy of the book in exchange for this honest review.

How lovely to be back with the Thursday Murder Club.
Of course the story is unbelievable, of course there are people suddenly working things out and of course it all comes together neatly. That's what I love about it though. It moves along at a cracking pace and you can just lose yourself in the story.
It's exactly what crime fiction should be. Nothing too gory or dark. A little sprinkling of humour. And, the baddies get caught.

This is a worthy sequel to The Thursday Murder Club, which I really enjoyed. The four friends, Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim, become embroiled in trouble when Ibrahim is attacked and his phone stolen. He’s been kicked and has broken ribs and a sore head. Fingered for the theft is a local young drug dealer.
Elizabeth’s ex-husband turns up too, and she’s drawn back into her old life in MI5 and the others – particularly Joyce, develop well as characters. The plots shifts and turns as the gang, the local police, and the reader, find out more. Local criminals, twenty million pounds’ worth of diamonds, and a mafia boss spice up the story. I really enjoyed the ride, and the ending was excellent.

What can I even say? The Thursday Murder Club was hands down my favourite book of 2020, and this one was just as wonderful.

Joyce is possibly my favourite character in any book ever, she's a delight. All the characters are so sympathetically written and you really get to feel like you know them.

Richard Osman's writing is the perfect blend of gripping plot and humour, and I lost count of the amount of times I laughed out loud and read out little snippets for my husband (usually things that Joyce has said!)

I don't have a bad word to say about this book and am wishing with everything that I have that there will be a third.

How do you follow up a publishing phenomenon like The Thursday Murder Club…well, The Man Who Died Twice certainly ticks the box. Our retirement village quartet are back with an other adventurous romp involving diamonds, drugs and double crossing . The story is a jigsaw puzzle of delights - we know that this isn’t some menacing scandi tale or dark gangland city saga but it is a unique approach to the crime genre that hooks us with its plot and comedy. It is ultimately the characterisation that makes this book like it’s predecessor a total gem ( no plot pun intended) Joyce is a comic creation, Elizabeth the tough cookie with an emerging soft centre ,Ron is the likely lad with the heart of gold and Ibrahim is the wisdom and the subtle eyes and ears of the group who really wants to break free; even Chris and Donna from the local police force have become ffavourites and let’s not forget Bogdan the chess playing chap who seems to have many “useful “ skills and connections. As stated in the review for The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman has this quintessential “ Englishness “ in his observation of the minutiae of life that turns what could be everyday or mundane into something moving and beautiful- in many ways like Alan Bennett and Victoria Wood. How many retirement village residents would love to have this excitement… and Alan has to be a leading character in book 3!
Another winner

Loved the first one, loved this one even more!! The characters are amazing, struggle to pick a favourite, but definitely want to be part of their gang. Getting to know them better in this book is fab and I can't wait for the third book.

If you love books with humour, warmth, character, humanity, sadness, plot twists and a few dead bodies thrown into the mix then you'll love The Thursday Murder Club and The Man Who Died Twice. Im only giving it 5 stars because I can't give it more!!

Thanks to Penguin, Richard Osman and Netgalley for the ARC.

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Firstly, if you haven’t read The Thursday Murder Club you may want to stop and do so before you read this novel as it will make so much more sense. Everyone’s favourite septuagenarians are off on their adventures again led, as always, by Elizabeth.
The main characters, Elizabeth, (a former MI5 operative) Joyce,( a former nurse and now almost full time puzzle solver) Ibrahim, (a former psychiatrist) and Ron, (an ex union leader and left wing anti Thatcherite) are on the trail of diamonds purportedly stolen by Douglas, Elizabeth’s ex-husband.
Then one of their own is attacked and robbed in a mindless act of violence and the team swing into action again. They are ably assisted by Donna and Chris, from the Fairhaven police force, and are soon on the trail of the attacker. There are however many twists and turns before we arrive at a very satisfactory ending.
The pace is fast and the characters grow as you read on and you find yourself rooting for them and their ability to solve seemingly impossible problems. This book gives you an intriguing mystery to solve and although it might feel like a cosy story they are dealing with some truly ruthless people.
I would thoroughly recommend this novel and would like oto thank the author, the publishers and Net Galley for the opportunity to read the book in return for an honest review.