The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

 

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS

The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman

Thank you for joining me this week for Book Beginnings on Fridays where participants share the opening sentence (or two) from the book they are reading. You can also share from a book you want to feature, even if you are not reading it at the moment. 

MY BOOK BEGINNING

It's been a while since I wrote, I know that. I'm ever so sorry.

-- from The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman, the fifth and latest Thursday Murder Club book. It starts with an excerpt from Joyce's diary, which I think they all do, although I can't remember for sure. 

I'm almost finished with the audiobook from the library and love it. The narrator, Fiona Shaw, is excellent. Now that the movie came out, I see the actors in the characters, of course. But that makes it all the more fun.

YOUR BOOK BEGINNING

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THE FRIDAY 56

The Friday 56 asks participants to share a two-sentence teaser from their book of the week. If your book is an ebook or audiobook, pick a teaser from the 56% point. 

Anna at My Head is Full of Books hosts The Friday 56, a natural tie-in with Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please visit My Head is Full of Books to leave the link to your post. 

MY FRIDAY 56

-- from The Impossible Fortune:

I mean, you never know with life, do you? One minute you're sitting there looking at tanning machines online, the next you're being forced out of your own home at gunpoint.

FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION

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?