We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

WE SOLVE MURDERS is the latest mystery offering from Richard Osman, author of the acclaimed Thursday Murder Club series. In this new series opener, Amy Wheeler, employed by “security” firm Maximum Impact, is working as a bodyguard for Rosie, a free-spirited author who is threatened by a Russian oligarch. It turns out that several deaths of online influencers have occurred and are linked in some fashion to Amy, making her a suspect and putting her in danger. Initially, I found this particular Osman mystery to be quite confusing and difficult to follow as some characters were introduced with little context. Eventually, though, Amy requests the help of her father-in-law, Steve, who is an ex-cop and a widower set in his ways. That’s when the travel (from Ibiza to Santa Lucia to Dublin to Dubai) and adventures really begin for Amy, Steve and Rosie! Named a LibraryReads Hall of Fame selection for September 2024, WE SOLVE MURDERS also received starred reviews from Booklist (“a screwball comedy writ large, in which plot points get lost at times”), Kirkus (“another lovable group of unwitting investigators”), and Publishers Weekly (“Osman pulls off the tricky task of making his leads both zany and human”). If you like your mysteries seasoned with a large dash of humor, this is for you.