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

by Richard Osman

He likes Connie, and she likes him. Although one has to be careful: she is a ruthless killer and, without wishing to be judgmental about it, that is fairly bad.

Ever so ambitious, but they only use ‘ambitious’ as a criticism about women, don’t they?”

“Starbucks, Costa and Caffè Nero, as you’d hope,”

It is far too cold to swim, but Joyce would not be dissuaded. Elizabeth had told her not to be so silly, and that the pool would still be here in the summer. “Ah, but we may not be,” Joyce had replied, and she was right. It was best to grab everything while you could.