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The fourth book in The Thursday Murder Club series is a good one!

The gang are back, and trying to work out who killed an acquaintance of theirs who worked in the antiques business – he was in one of the previous books, though I couldn’t remember him, but that’s probably just me!

There’s a side character in the books who has dementia, and that became a much more prominent part of this book. I always find dementia stories hard, but there was a whole chapter (23) written from his perspective that was just so heartfelt and beautifully written, I really appreciated it. A mention of dementia in the acknowledgements actually made me cry!

As per usual, I won’t be giving you much more about the plot for fear of spoilers, but I really enjoyed the characters, the story, all of it. I felt like I was there hanging out with them, it was just so enjoyable, and I flew through it in just eight days – it did wonders for my Goodreads goal!

Some of my favourite one liners from the book:

• “You must only ever glance at new customers. Some people want eye contact, but most do not. You must treat customers like cats, and wait for them to come to you. Look too needy and you’ll scare them off”
• “If there is one thing local councils like more than the Data Protection Act, it is money.”
• “The nibbles were mainly Aldi, but with a sprinkling of Waitrose for effect.”
• “He smells cheap, fried food and urine. The downside of never complaining is that the British really do put up with a lot.”

I learnt something from this book too: “An antique is anything over one hundred years old. Everything else is vintage, or collectable.” So there you go!