Finished reading: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman 📚

Amy Wheeler is a specialist in tough situations: equally at home on the tatami mat or the shooting range, or applying her skills on the battlefield. Amy is a professional bodyguard and works for Maximum Impact Security.

The book begins with Amy on a private island, protecting retired millionaire author Rosie D’Antonio. D’Antonio once lived a wild life and has now irritated the wrong oligarch, possibly just to add some excitement back into her life.

To Amy, the gig seems easy; who would find her client from a deserted island? However, someone has managed to kill other Maximum Impact Security clients, and it’s starting to look like Amy is being framed. As if that weren’t enough, Amy soon realizes she herself is on someone’s hit list.

Amy’s husband, Adam, works in finance and would likely curl into a fetal position when danger threatens, but Adam’s father, Steve, on the other hand, is a former police officer hardened by London and softened by an idyllic small village after retirement, now a private detective. Amy and Steve have a close relationship, and thus Amy calls her father-in-law to help solve the murders. Rosie D’Antonio also stays involved, as she has excellent resources and contacts – and Amy, of course, cannot abandon her client.

We Solve Murders is an excellent substitute for fans of The Thursday Murder Club series. The book is also fun, pretty much perfect summer reading.