A review by beate251
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Steve and Amy Wheeler are FIL/DIL. There's a husband and son, Adam, but he's always somewhere else. Amy is a bodyguard for rich people and travels a lot, while Adam does the same for his job. Steve is a retired cop who loves his routine and hates to travel. Then Amy gets into trouble, dead bodies keep piling up and someone seems to want to frame Amy. 

Steve loves Amy more than he loves his own son, so he gets himself onto a plane to the US (and then another plane and another, and there might be a helicopter as well), and with celebrity author Rosie tagging along, they try to find out who kills a lot of influencers and why.

If took me a while to get round to reading this but now I wish I'd done it earlier. This book is so much fun and eminently readable. There's a lot of characters but they are all drawn well - loved influencer Bonnie!

If you thought that Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim were a hoot then Amy, Steve and Rosie will absolutely delight you. I would go as far as to say this is better than the Thursday Murder Club. I particularly loved Steve and his reluctance to go anywhere where he can't have a Shepherds pie and his Wednesday quiz at the Wheatsheaf.