Though not having quite the same impact as the first this was just like putting on a pair of old slippers! A little implausible at times but still an excellent holiday read! Am awaiting a possible TV series (?) and have been busy deciding who would play Elizabeth and co! This time we have murders and the mafia plus a cache of diamonds! Cleverly told with all the twists and turns you would now expect of Mr Osmond! Loved it!

Loved it. Need I say more? Well OK then. Richard Osman is a consummate writer whose books have emotional intelligence, pathos, well crafted plots and a strong dash of witty humour. The fact that it is four older generation friends who solve these mysteries is one of the best things ever in a book. Each character is perfectly drawn and brings their own unique perspectives to the case. People in their 70s and 80s can be intelligent! Who knew? The topic of dementia is one close to my heart and I can totally relate to "The Man Who Died Twice" Joyce is right up my street, love her but the other characters are fantastic too. At the risk of deteriorating into sycophantic gushing the books do remind me a little of Alan Bennet's writing. A very similar incisive wit combined with deadly accurate observation and laced with belly busting laughter. Prosaic philosophy tops off this masterpiece . Just sorry I've finished and await book 3 eagerly

The members of the Thursday Murder Club are so nice and comforting that I’m not sure the books about them would even have to be crime novels for them to keep selling well. Stretches of belief in the goodwill of the police and member of the public to help a bunch of ageing sleuths must be made, but it was a good read all the same.

An amusing book about four friends who live in a retirement village. Elizabeth is a retired MI5 senior operative who can't seem to resist getting involved.. what follows is mystery, murder and mayhem with a bit of amusement thrown in.
A lovely read

I was so so happy to get the approval for Thursday Murder Club 2! So thank you so much NetGalley and the publishers. I absolutely loved Richards debut novel Thursday Murder Club, and after devouring that book I have been waiting and waiting for this sequel. It was so good to be reunited with our sleuthing octogenarians and getting up to all the mayhem with them again. I loved this book so much!

This was another thoroughly enjoyable read from Richard Osman. It was a delightful return to the world of Coopers Chase and its septuagenarian residents. I would describe it as a comfort read, despite some (very) slightly gory deaths.

The story was engaging and there was a good mix of adventure, humour and friendship, with a bit of soul-searching thrown in on occasion too. The characters, once again, stayed just about on the right side of the law, but the residents of Coopers Chase are able to get away with far more than many, due to their charm and ingenuity.

A fun and enjoyable read - and I look forward to book three.

I absolutely loved loved loved this book. I love the characters in the book; and as a sequel it just gets better, I can’t wait for the third.

You get to find out a little more in depth about the characters and their strengths all come together to solve the mystery.

I love Joyce’s chapters and it’s just like my mum would have been in a retirement village. The characters are all so likeable, along with the detective and police officer. There are times where you want to laugh out loud and times you feel quite sad and feel for the characters.

I highly recommend reading the first book before you start this one; although it could be read as a stand-alone, I think it’s a good sequel to be read after.

I can’t wait for the third book to be released I will be first in the queue to buy it.

Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for giving me an advanced copy, this is one of the best books for me for 2021. I loved it.

This was even better than the first book! I loved every second of reading The Man Who Died Twice. It was as funny, clever, intriguing and poignant as the first Thursday Murder Club but the storyline was even better!

My only criticism is that there is a typo about 87% of the way through - Bogdan says let’s start is printed twice.

Other than that, absolute perfection. I wish I hadn’t read it so that I could read it all over again!

If Agatha Christie had had a sense of humour, she could have written The Man Who Died Twice. Plot twists and red herrings are sprinkled throughout; but the joy of Richard Osman's narrative is in his characters. The personalities of The Thursday Murder Club's members: Joyce, Ron, Elizabeth and Ibrahim are so skillfully drawn you know them, I also love the way he lets you imagine a character by their personality, before, half way through the book, describing their looks. Who would guess young policeman Donna is black or Bogdan is a bit of a hulk? To break up the narrative Joyce writes a journal with personal observations, this is a clever way of summing up the story so far, much like TV dramas use the investigation board, while members of the investigation team look on. Written throughout the book with Osman's signature brilliant one-liners and dry, wry observations, I can't wait to read the Club's next investigation.

I loved the first book in the Thursday Murder Club series and gave it 5 stars so was super excited and thrilled to receive an ARC of the second book! This book continues on just a week after the first book ended and of course it isn't long until a new adventure surfaces for the four septuagenarians.

The story was fun and I did enjoy my time reading - but unfortunately it didn't hold up much compared to the first book. Part of it is personal - I'm not a huge fan of ganger/mafia storylines - but I also thought the series had lost some of its spark. The characters, although still living in the retirement village, certainly didn't seem 70+, they could have been any age at all. Part of the fun for me was that they are older and I remember some hilarious lines and moments in the first book related to their age. This felt like it could have been any group of people so perhaps forcing this isn't a series isn't necessary?

Regardless, if you're looking for a fun story following a murder mystery then I think you will enjoy this. Perhaps my expectations were too high following the first book. It was still a good read as a standalone.

Excellent story, full of humour and a good plot. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I hadn’t read his previous book but there were no spoilers, which is sometimes not the case in follow up novels. I found it well written, easy to follow but not easy to put down. All the characters were believable and well developed with the storyline . Looking forward to the next one.

After reading ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ (the first book of the series) I was keen to find out what would happen in this book. I was comforted by the return of the same characters but there was a slightly more complex story this time - in a good way! I couldn’t put this book down because I was eager to find out what was going on. You have to pay attention when reading as the storyline can become a little tricky to follow in places. I am glad to say that everything seemed to come together in the end!

It doesn't seem like that long ago that I was reading and reviewing The Thursday Murder Club. In a nutshell, I found that to be refreshing, fun and intriguing in equal measure. I think I was also aware that the situation and the characters involved would make a follow-on difficult to pull off.

In many ways, I think The Man Who Died Twice is a pretty good sequel and does manage to create a highly-engaging tale that suits the murder club.

Appearing from the past is Elizabeth's ex-husband, a man who has already died once and, given the title, may find his number's about to come up. He has the charm of Bond as well as the smugness born of being talented and good looking. While working on a secret-service case, he's fallen foul of dangerous gangsters over in the US. Thankfully, he has a personal guard to protect him and a place to hide out (the very same home where the Thursday Murder Club wait for their live's to fizzle out, where else?).

There are dead bodies and tricks with smoke and mirrors and, for a while, there's that satisfying buzz of wondering what the hell's going on, which is accompanied by the joy of trying to puzzle it out before reality is revealed. Essentially, that makes it a winning cosy mystery; if that's your bag, this is one for the top of your list.

While meeting up with our gang again is a welcome experience, The Man Who Died Twice doesn't quite match the excellence of book one. In the main, I think that's due to the situation of the setting and having to stretch to create a new and believable situation. The observation are just that bit less sharp, the diary entries of Joyce are less powerful as a way of moving on plot, the police are less involved and more stable in a way that reduces the impact of their story-lines, and there's a tad less chemistry between the group (and so not as much character development as I might have liked).

TTMC was always going to be a tough act to follow. The second in the series has proved to be a solid and enjoyable follow-on. I'd still read a third, but do worry that a further contortion to find a suitable plot and another dilution due to familiarity may make it a step too far for me.

Richard Osman is a fine writer who brings his own twist to the genre. His humour is particularly noteworthy and his timing is excellent. Overall, I'm recommending this to anyone who enjoyed the last one and to the cosy mystery fan. It would work as a standalone, but reading in order would be much more satisfying. I worry for book three (for surely there will be one), but there will be many who will lap up each and every title with zeal in a way that may even make this a series that will be viewed as a classic when the world has warmed to the point where paper self-combusts- get it while you can.

Loved this, a really enjoyable crime caper with stolen diamonds, drug deals, missing spies, mafia and dead bodies aplenty.

I love the characters that Richard Osman has brought to life in the Thursday Murder Club. The fierce friendship and sometimes unexpected skills of Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron and Ibrahim are brilliant to read about. The police characters of Donna and Chris are also great and I love the way that they and the Thursday Murder Club help each other out, with the latter not always (or often!) acting within the letter of the law.

Although there is often speculation about whether celebrities have got publishing contracts because of their fame or on merit, there's no question in my mind that Richard Osman is a talented and funny writer.

As an aside, I was rather surprised to find my husband turn up as a character and a baddie at that (well someone with the same name anyway) 😄

I absolutely loved the first book and so I started this with a degree of trepidation, but I have not been disappointed. If anything, I loved it even more. Lots more unpacking of the characters and as with previously, lots of twists and turns.

Cannot wait for book 3!

Richard Osman is such a talented writer and, after having enjoyed the first Thursday Murder Club book., this one certainly didn’t disappoint. If anything, I enjoyed it even more than the first! This time the gang embark upon another adventure and we get to explore the characters even further, as we delve deeper into their personalities. This time I grew to love Joyce even more as she relishes in her role as Elizabeth’s sidekick. I genuinely laughed out loud as she asked the mafia mobster if he needed the toilet before getting in the car as their journey was going to be a couple of hours! As the mystery deepens, and the dead bodies mount up, the wit and humour makes this such a fun and enjoyable read and I honestly can’t wait to find out what the gang get up to next. Another one please…….

A great improvement on the first book which I think suffered from too much hype. Definitely need to have read it though to enjoy this follow-up. Ludicrous but fun. Who wouldn't want to retire to this village‽ Thanks to Netgalley

This is the second book in the series, the story is witty and mostly believable but it doesn’t hold together for me! Although I didn’t particularly like the first book, I felt that I should read this book as it’s extremely popular and I might ‘get’ this one.
Elizabeth, Ron, Joyce and Ibrahim are the Thursday Murder Club Crew and are having a great time solving murder, I couldn’t settle into the storyline as I found their antics annoying more than funny.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I was worried that #2 wouldnt live up to the hype of book 1 but the Thursday Murder Club really are a fantastic bunch.

Its a fantastic story that kept me engaged and a little confused throughout the whole thing. Just like the first book its twisty, fun and funny. I love how neatly things are toed up at the end and now I'm hoping theres a third!

Had to rate this book as at least four stars, I really enjoyed “The Thursday Murder Club” but this sequel is even better.
A letter is slipped under Elizabeth’s door, inviting her to meet up with someone from her past, someone who had been recorded as dead in the early 80s, who now asks for her help after he has been put into protective custody, after being suspected of stealing £20 million worth of diamonds belonging to the New York Mafia.
The other part of the plot is Ibrahim getting attacked and his phone stolen, following which Elizabeth brings in the local police - Chris and Donna to help, together with the Thursday Murder Club to ensure his attacker doesn’t get away with it and to help with the stolen diamonds case.
In this book you learn more about Elizabeth’s back story and I liked that Joyce proves to be shrewd with it not just being Elizabeth who works things out. Very clever plot line with Elizabeth realizing she has made a mistake and it’s Joyce that works some things out. I like the setting and the relationships between the characters, makes this retirement village sound an uplifting place to end up.