Blurb:

Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now.

Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. As a private security officer, she doesn’t stay still long enough for habits or routines. She’s currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job . . .

Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending an SOS to the only person she trusts. A breakneck race around the world begins, but can Amy and Steve stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy?

Review:

I’ve been looking forward to reading We Solve Murders ever since Richard Osman announced that he would be writing a new series. It’s inevitable that there will be comparisons with The Thursday Murder Club and whilst that doesn’t feel entirely unfair, there are some marked differences. The humour, which is very British, is still there and it really helped me to enter the world of the characters, but this novel feels a lot less cosy and much more action packed.

I loved meeting our team of investigators, Steve, Amy and Rosie. They’re all very different and they’re not characters you would automatically put together, but I loved the way they played to each other’s strengths, encourage each other and had each other’s back. I enjoyed seeing them grow over the course of the novel, and it was a joy to see Steve, in particular, come out of his shell. They are surrounded by a great group of supporting characters, including Jeff and the pub quiz team, and they are all really well developed and fit seamlessly into the story.

The plot of We Solve Murders is complex and it did keep me on my toes for most of the novel. However, the characters are constantly on the move (much to Steve’s displeasure) and the chapters are quite short, so this creates a really fast pace to the novel that makes it really easy to read. There is a sense of danger that runs through the story and the intrigue kept me fully invested right until the end.

The ending sets us up brilliantly for a sequel, and indeed a long running series, and I’m really looking forward to seeing what happens next!

We Solve Murders is available from Amazon.