This book was given to me by my friend Audrey W. who said she wasn't over-impressed with it. It is a hardback edition.
From the cover:- "In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders."
My husband read a fair portion of this book before giving up with it. He thought the first section was readable but thought it got worse and repetitive as it went on.
However, being a Richard Osman fan, I shall still give it a try when I can fit it into one of Plum-Crazy's monthly "What to Read" themes-see under Book Talk in the Forum.

REVIEW:-I'd been looking forward to reading this book as I'm a fan of Richard Osman's tv quizzes but I found his writing style very disappointing if not irritating, almost from the start. While he was writing from say, Elsie's, point of view I could hear his voice in my head and it didn't come across at all well. He seemed to have a rather condescending attitude towards elderly people which also didn't go down too well with me. I didn't finish the book."
Will check out some wishlists and try to pass it on to someone who will enjoy it more than I did.

This book was sent by post to another bookcrosser.


To the finder:-
Welcome to bookcrossing -you have found a travelling book. Please make a journal entry now to say where you found the book in case it has been moved. Then, when you have read it, please come back and make a further entry saying whether or not you enjoyed the book and why. It is now yours to do as you like with it, pass it to a friend or just leave it somewhere different for someone else to find and help it with its' journey. Of course if you can't bear to part with it at the moment then keep it, but please let me know that you have found it. If you join bookcrossing, which is free and spam-free, you can follow the book on its' travels as you will get an email each time it changes hands, but if you prefer to remain anonymous, that's fine too. Please also say what you intend to do with the book next. Thanks for coming onto the site to let me know you have found the book.

I already have books travelling in many countries around the world-a list can be found on my bookcrossing profile.

When re-releasing this book please be aware that airports are not a good place to leave books unless they have a specific book exchange shelf or area, due to security problems, so they may well just be disposed of. Also charity shops may well discard books that have been labelled in any way and they mostly chose only the books in the very best condition
to place on their shelves and discard the rest-so another bad release option.

This book was sent by post to another bookcrosser.


To the finder:-
Welcome to bookcrossing -you have found a travelling book. Please make a journal entry now to say where you found the book in case it has been moved. Then, when you have read it, please come back and make a further entry saying whether or not you enjoyed the book and why. It is now yours to do as you like with it, pass it to a friend or just leave it somewhere different for someone else to find and help it with its' journey. Of course if you can't bear to part with it at the moment then keep it, but please let me know that you have found it. If you join bookcrossing, which is free and spam-free, you can follow the book on its' travels as you will get an email each time it changes hands, but if you prefer to remain anonymous, that's fine too. Please also say what you intend to do with the book next. Thanks for coming onto the site to let me know you have found the book.

I already have books travelling in many countries around the world-a list can be found on my bookcrossing profile.

When re-releasing this book please be aware that airports are not a good place to leave books unless they have a specific book exchange shelf or area, due to security problems, so they may well just be disposed of. Also charity shops may well discard books that have been labelled in any way and they mostly chose only the books in the very best condition
to place on their shelves and discard the rest-so another bad release option.

Thanks so much daffodil-2 for sending me another book from my wishlist! Very kind of you to send me bonus books.

Giving to a friend is Salisbury to read

Found in the home of a friend who was anxious to pass it on. Looking forward to reading it. Thank you

Read it in a day and thoroughly enjoyed it! Look forward to the next one!

The first few chapters were familiar, which was a bit disconcerting as I have no idea how or why. Gentle, improbable and pleasantly baffling at times, it’s a good summer holiday type of book. I got it from a friend and I’ll leave it in my favourite indie coffee bakery shop.