The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

by Richard Osman

“If murder were easy, none of us would survive Christmas.”

“Oh, I didn’t fall in love with him,” says Joyce. “Nothing like that. I just walked into a room and there he was, and he looked at me, and I looked at him, and that’s all there was to it. Like I had always been in love with him, no falling necessary. Like finding the perfect pair of shoes.”

People drift in and out of your life, and, when you are younger, you know you will see them again. But now every old friend is a miracle.

“It’s the people, in the end, isn’t it?” says Viktor. “It’s always the people. You can move halfway around the world to find your perfect life, move to Australia if you like, but it always comes down to the people you meet.”