As always, each member of the group gets their own little piece of the spotlight, and the dialogue is snappy and often laugh out loud funny. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Mike knows the story she is working on. He doesn't know the details - a reporter has to keep her secrets - but he knows it's a risky one. He's there if she needs him, but there are some things you have to do alone. The police, Chris and Donna, are regulars, as is Patrice, Donna’s mother. But I digress. Elizabeth has a job to do, and she has to find a way to do it – murder an old Russian foe. Excellent story. Besides this mystery, Elizabeth has had an “encounter” with a man they are calling “The Viking”. He has a proposition for Elizabeth, he wants a certain person killed or else he will kill her and one of her friends.

Bogdan? Not our Bogdan Jankowski? He’s a regular friend of the group, a slightly younger Polish ‘associate’, you might say, who has been very helpful at digging up graves and such in the past. A handy chap, to say the least. Why does Connie want to kill him? There is lots going on in this book but the story flows wonderfully. As in the other novels there is some great humor and I can’t help but love this group of characters, including the new additions. As the cold case turns white hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again? Bethany had been a co-anchor with a local TV personality Mike Waghorn. Mike is introduced to the gang and becomes a key player in solving the mystery. (I can't help but wonder if this character is loosely based on the author himself?)A local news legend is on the hunt for an exciting new headline and our Thursday Murder Club favourites are soon on the trail of two murders that occurred ten years apart. Meanwhile, Elizabeth is presented with a deadly mission: kill or be killed and while she grapples with this latest dilemma, her conscience and a gun - the gang and their new friends unravel a new mystery. Once again, I feel it should be stressed that while this series often lands in the cozy category, anyone who loves mysteries or crime fiction will like this series. It’s smart, clever and oh so entertaining!

But, you know Elizabeth-she doesn’t even flinch as she takes care of the threat with a little help from her friends. Elizabeth is fearless as usual, Joyce is such a hoot with her nonchalent ways and always offering up a cup of tea to anyone, including murder suspects! Like that would prevent the next murder! Ron uses his psychiatrist skills to outwit a prison inmate, and Ibrahim makes himself mad with anagrams. If you’ve met septuagenarians Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim in the first two books, you know there’s no question they’ll get the job done - even if a few rules get bent here and there! Along for the ride are DCI Donna deFreitas and DCI Chris Hudson, lovable Bogdan, and an ever-growing cast of old and new characters.

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So, they have set up an interview with her former co-host from “South East Tonight” as a ruse to see if Mike Waghorn, might have some inside information that would help them solve the case. Ron will be interviewed for a piece on “retirement living” and then the gang will invite Mike to join them for dinner and serve him enough red wine to hopefully loosen his tongue. It's a typically convoluted story that eventually has people happily pairing off, working together, and generally becoming best versions of themselves. (Or are they?) The simple life is all well and good, but, in this moment, with a murder to investigate, and threatening texts arriving daily, Elizabeth realizes that she has missed trouble.” The original four spunky septuagenarians, aka The Thursday Murder Club, Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim, and Ron, are at the center of the action. In addition, other favorites are featured, including Chris, Donna, and Bogdan, and Alan, the dog, has a large role.