My thoughts

Our pensionaries dig up an old case and they’re back to their usual: solving murders and drinking tea.

I listened to this one as an audiobook read by Fiona Shaw. Those 11 hours of audio went by pretty quickly.

At the beginning I was a bit disappointed, but not with the new narrator, it’s just that I’ve expected to be still Lesley Manville voicing it since she did the previous 2 books. Once I got past the surprise, it was a good listen.

The book is action-packed - we have spies, spies spying on other spies, ex-KGB spy, drug dealers, a guy named “The Viking”, corrupt police personnel and more. Basically all the ingredients we’re used to in the “Thursday Murder Club” series.

We meet Connie Johnson in this one, a character that will also make an appearance in “The Last Devil to Die”.

One of the funniest moments is Ron’s inner-monologue during the couple’s massage. It’s exactly what you’d expect from an old English man who is a West Ham fan, no offense.

Overall I think I liked the previous book (“The Man Who Died Twice”) a little more, but that’s just me.