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November 11, 2024

We Solve Murders

By Richard Osman
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Audie Award-winner Nicola Walker is a superb narrator whose exquisite comic timing makes the audiobook of Richard Osman’s We Solve Murders terrifically engaging.
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Famous for the Thursday Murder Club series, Richard Osman has inaugurated a new series with We Solve Murders (10.5 hours). Amy Wheeler, a professional bodyguard, and her father-in-law, Steve, a retired police investigator, stumble upon a money smuggling scheme involving ChatGPT and murdered social media influencers. With all the energy of a Carl Hiaasen novel, We Solve Murders also has the dry wit and well-defined characters of Osman’s earlier books.

Audie Award-winner Nicola Walker is a superb narrator whose exquisite comic timing makes We Solve Murders an engaging audiobook. Walker resists the temptation to play comic characters broadly, and instead gives even minor characters individuality. Her portrayal of Rosie D’Antonio, the world’s second-bestselling author (after Lee Child), is a terrific blend of world-weary wisdom, generosity and killer amounts of tequila. Walker similarly teases out the nuances of Amy and Steve’s relationship, leading us up to an outcome not only believable but inevitable.

Read our starred review of the print version of We Solve Murders.

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We Solve Murders

We Solve Murders

By Richard Osman
Penguin Audio
ISBN 9780593912126

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