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

by Richard Osman

Life is about understanding opportunities. Understanding how rarely they come along, and then rising to meet them when they do.

“Everything is made up, when you really think about it,” says Ibrahim.

“Everyone wants to feel special, but nobody wants to feel different,” says Bogdan.

He hasn’t been out much since his mugging, but, bit by bit, he is regaining his confidence, and, bit by bit, he is feeling his old self return. There are scars, yes, but that at least means the bleeding has stopped.

Very few things are so important you would risk your life for them, but all sorts of things are important enough to risk somebody else’s life.

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

That’s all it was in the end. People were always trying to tell you something, and all you really had to do was let them.

“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.”