We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

From the publisher: Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar routines: the pub quiz, his favorite bench, his cat waiting for him at home. His days of adventure are over. Adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s job now.

Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. Working in private security, every day is dangerous. She’s currently on a remote island protecting mega-bestselling author Rosie D’Antonio, until a dead body and a bag of money mean trouble in paradise. So she sends an SOS to the only person she trusts . . .

From Marya Johnston: I tend not to review the bestsellers because you’ve read about them everywhere, but I just have to join the multitudes recommending this book. How can a reader resist a reluctant retired police investigator, his kick-ass bodyguard daughter-in-law, and the tag-along, “age-fluid,” “second best-selling” thriller writer (after Lee Child) in the world, Rosie?  

So often books will say “laugh-out-loud-funny” and they’re not.  I chuckled sooo many times over this madcap high-speed race around the world; I’ve got a goofy grin just writing this review! Yes, there is murder, with mostly young people pulling the trigger first and asking questions later, and thrills and twists for sure, but it is Osman’s clever dialog and characters that really make the story. I’ve already decided who should star in the movie, and it would make a great movie.  If people ask you to describe the book, just say “People get killed, but it’s funny!” I actually liked this better than “The Thursday Murder Club”! Richard Osman has another hit series on his hands and I couldn’t be happier.