My We Clear up Murders: What You Have to Know submit discusses all of it! How does We Clear up Murders evaluate to the Thursday Homicide Membership books? Is We Clear up Murders a part of a collection? Are the books linked? Let’s discuss it!
We Clear up Murders by Richard Osman: Jen’s Fast Take
- Very related vibe and construction to the Thursday Homicide Membership: characters, narrative construction, themes. I’ll focus on this extra under.
- However We Clear up Murders is NOT a part of The Thursday Homicide Membership collection.
- All Osman’s books are cozy mysteries with police procedural components and infrequently have characters who’re ex-police or ex-intelligence brokers.
- However there’s a distinction: most of We Clear up Murders takes place exterior the UK
- We Clear up Murders is for followers of Killers of a Sure Age by Deanna Raybourn and The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
We Clear up Murders by Richard Osman: Overview
We Clear up Murders : What You Have to Know
Listed below are my most essential questions on this e-book and I hope you’ll share yours.
Does this imply the tip of the Thursday Homicide Membership Collection? Is the collection over?
Is The Thursday Homicide Membership collection over? NO!
In his acknowledgments for We Clear up Murders, Osman says he’s giving the TMC forged a 12 months off.
Is We Clear up Murders Going to be a Collection?
Is We Clear up Murders the primary e-book in a brand new collection? YES.
We Clear up Murders is listed on Goodreads as a collection and in his acknowledgments, Osman says the charaacters in We Clear up Murders “can be returning quickly.” I’ve extra to say on this matter under!
How Does We Clear up Murders Evaluate to Thursday Homicide Membership?
I’ve learn all of the Thursday Homicide Membership collection, and additionally wrote a collection plot abstract for the primary three Thursday Homicide Membership books. Penning this gave me a terrific overview of the books, and I’ll replace it earlier than e-book 5 comes out.
I’ll additionally admit that I didn’t LOVE the primary e-book within the TMC collection. (Folks on Reddit agree with me!)
Osman likes to throw at lot on the reader: a number of characters, a number of shady aspect characters, a number of POVs, a number of plot. I really feel like the Thursday Homicide Membership collection took a few books to essentially gel, after which I liked the collection.
I bought the identical feeling studying We Clear up Murders: that there can be one thing actually superb right here, however that it hadn’t gelled 100% but. Some individuals on Goodreads agree with me, however most individuals liked the e-book. This may very well be for one attention-grabbing cause:
We Clear up Murders feels similar to The Thursday Homicide Membership Books
The Characters:
We now have Amy, a cool-headed bodyguard, who feels a bit like a younger Elizabeth. She’s attempting to assist her just lately widowed (widowered?) father-in-law Steve.
Steve, a former police officer, is a bit like Ibrahim (a number of phobias and a few attainable PTSD) with the cool analytical expertise of Elizabeth. In line with the clues he offers us within the e-book, Steve is in his late fifties, and under I’ll clarify why that is IMPORTANT.
Rosie, the third member of this intrepid mystery-solving crew, is a well-known and profitable author “of a sure age.” It’s a working joke within the e-book that the opposite characters strive to determine her age. I used to be getting Jackie Collins vibes from her. Jackie died in 2015 however could be in her late eighties if she had been alive. RIP Jackie!
We Clear up Murders is like The Thursday Homicide Membership collection in that it:
- gently pokes enjoyable at its characters
- has a big forged of colourful characters that features harmful but quirky baddies who wish to preach on issues like the correct coloration of egg yokes
- has brief chapters and lots of POV characters
- has a plot that revolves round cash laundering. Not my factor and I might use extra selection however OK
We Clear up Murders is NOT like The Thursday Homicide Membership collection in that it:
- largely takes place exterior the UK in locations like St Lucia, South Carolina, and Dubai
- doesn’t have a police investigation facet. Steve is ex-police who now runs a small detective company, however he’s drawn into the e-book by his daughter-in-law, a bodyguard for rent.
My Two Non-Spoiler, Probably Controversial Theories About We Clear up Murders:
Idea One: Richard Osman is being sensible (the brand new canine principle)
Should you’re a canine lover, you realize that individuals with an older canine usually get a youthful canine. Not precisely a alternative canine, however everyone knows what’s taking place. The Thursday Homicide Membership characters are fairly aged and a lot of the characters in We Clear up Homicide are fairly a bit youthful. New canine. Simply saying.
Idea Two: these books will finally have a shared universe.
Is Osman doing a Connelly?
I developed the shared universe principle fairly a bit into We Clear up Murders and I’d like to know what you suppose as a result of I don’t have time to re-read all of the books till the spooky season is over.
However right here’s my proof for the idea (to date):
In his acknowledgments, Osman says, “I did really feel, as I started to write down We Clear up Murders, that I used to be considerably dishonest on my different characters… However I used to be quickly sure that they’re all fortunately dwelling in the identical world as one another.” Emphasis mine and HMMMMM…..
Then one of many characters in We Clear up Murders is in a London personal membership and sees “a girl in her eighties studying a e-book on the philosophy of grief. She clocked him as he got here in.”
I feel that is Elizabeth. She is EXACTLY the kind of particular person to take a seat in a membership in London and skim a philosophy of grief e-book.
I attempted to go looking the opposite Thursday Homicide Membership books to see if there was a non-public membership in London talked about, however had restricted time and (to date) no success. Based mostly on the acknowledgments, which had been a treasure trove of juicy particulars, the title of the membership (The Wilberforce, named after William Wilberforce, a former MP) appears to be distinctive to We Clear up Murders.
Should you observed every other TMC Easter Eggs in We Clear up Murders, please go away a remark and let’s collect proof!
Lastly, the place are each e-book collection positioned?
I’m American so I laughed when Steve went to South Carolina and didn’t perceive highways and so forth. I really feel this fashion studying British books: a lot of the geography is misplaced on me. BUT:
Whereas Cooper’s Chase appears to be a fictional place, The Thursday Homicide Membership Books are set in Kent and, in accordance with this text in “Kent Stay Information,” (who ought to know!) happen someplace close to Tunbridge Wells.
In the meantime Steve and his detective company are positioned within the charming village of Axley, which additionally appears to be fictional. The e-book means that Axley is a) in Hampshire and b) close to The New Forest, which (in accordance with Osman) is round two hours from Cooper’s Chase and has trails and wildlife and PONIES. Might it’s close to The New Forest Nationwide Park in Hampshire/Wiltshire? This map is APPROXIMATE however offers you an thought.
Simply gusesing and have solely been to London, so in the event you suppose I bought this incorrect, please inform me in feedback!
Would you’re keen on a plot abstract and spoiler dialogue for We Clear up Murders? I’m on it, however if you would like me to rush up, go away me a remark. There’s a LOT to debate!