India, March 5 -- Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron may be retired - but in Richard Osman's The Impossible Fortune, relaxing is the last thing on their minds. This time, The Thursday Murder Club is facing a puzzle that's as labyrinthine as it is hilarious, and as explosive as it is tender. Five books strong in series, Osman once again proves that life doesn't have to end when you grow old - and that with friendship, mischief, and cake, life - and murder - never loses its charm.

After an emotionally heavy adventure in The Last Devil To Die (2023), the gang is taking a break from investigating. Joyce is busy planning her daughter's wedding, Elizabeth is grieving, Ibrahim is giving therapy to a rather unlikely client and Ron is just. being....