The Impossible Fortune

A Thursday Murder Club Mystery, Book 5

De: Richard Osman

Narrado por: Fiona Shaw

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The unmissable new mystery in the Thursday Murder Club series from bestselling author Richard Osman, now streaming on Netflix

Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan?

It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favorite criminal.

But when Elizabeth meets Nick, a wedding guest asking for her help, she finds the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. And when Nick disappears without a trace, his cagey business partner becomes the gang’s next stop. It seems the duo have something valuable—something worth killing for.

Joyce’s daughter, Joanna, jumps into the fray to help the gang as they seek answers: Has someone kidnapped Nick? And what’s this uncrackable code they keep hearing about? Plunged back into action once more, can the four friends solve the puzzle and a murder in time?

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Reseñas de la Crítica

“Osman’s septuagenarian sleuths are having a busy fall, making their film debut (on Netflix Aug. 28) and returning for another literary adventure. The latest addition to the Thursday Murder Club series promises plenty more satisfying twists and English charm as Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron and Ibrahim investigate the disappearance of a guest at a wedding.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“Witty and openhearted. . . [The Impossible Fortune] features the same sort of sly humor and thrillerish components that make the other novels hum along: a car bomb, a missing person, a possibly unopenable safe, an unscrupulous aristocrat, some excellent sleuthing by octogenarians whose ages cause others to underestimate them. But Osman’s fans know that there’s more to it than that. . . . Tucked inside the crowd-pleasing plots are themes of grief, loss, friendship, the renegotiated relationships between parents and their adult children, and the indignities and sorrows of old age.”—Sarah Lyall, The New York Times

“Pensioners Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are up to their old tricks again in Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series, inserting themselves into a missing-persons case that will no doubt ensnare their expanding roster of buddies, from their favorite local police detectives to an imprisoned drug kingpin.”—The Washington Post

Missing some wonderful characters

As usual fun begins with a new case for Elizabeth and the gang. However I really missed Chris and Donna and Bogdan! I’m not sure why they were basically absent from most of the story! I also wish the narrator of the first 2 books was back, she was so much better than this narrator.

Grinning from ear to ear

I want 86 more of these books. They're such an incredible combination of fun, light hearted, emotional and deeply understanding of people and relationships. Also funny on top of all that!

Now old friends

I love the humanity of the characters and the values they represent. I think it’s great that the cast of characters are expanding in an organic manner. Also, I totally dig the Middlemarch allusions.

Love this series!!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this series!
Hilariously funny, charming characters, great drama AND a good who-dunnit!
Yet thoughtfully and humanely addressed issues of aging.
Am now going to re-read previous books to see if they are as funny!

Another briliant installment of The Thursday Murder Club!

Richard Osman blends lighthearted charm with mystery and the depth of his characters. I hope he’s writing book #6, but also getting to another installment for the We Solve Murders series. Fiona Shaw’s performance was wonderful as always.

He has done it again!

Book 5 and still as good as the first. Osman’s characters are as interesting as ever. Their quips and side comments make me smile every time. Great plot and great performance by Fiona Shaw. Will he write another? I really hope so because I will miss them. Love you Thursday Murder Club!

Doesn’t disappoint!

Loved it all. Character development continues and new characters we get to know a little better.

Osman's characters are so engaging!

I love the characters personalities. Great story line! one of my favorites authors! Love, love, love!!

So glad the gang is back!

Both the writing and the narration are simply masterful. I miss these characters so much between publishing— please please Sir Richard Osman—- keep them coming! I’d like a Thursday Murder Club vacation tour of the UK if any travel companies happen to read this review. And a cookbook. And of course Netflix mini series - not the movie. Too short. This much incredible character development takes time. But I did like the movie just unable to get the required details, of course. Richard Osman - any chance you host writing conferences? Lecture anywhere? I’d like that too. Very much. (I’m using my Joyce voice if you didn’t notice). Sigh. Now I wait the months or years until the gang returns. What to do…. Thank you for a yet another wonderful piece of writing.

the truth about the aging of the characters.

liked the ending. didn't leave the characters (Silver) outcome hanging. also liked how Ron handled his son-in-law.