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1.5/5 for The Thursday Murder Club
This book started off very bright and promising. It was funny, and witty and seemed to promise a genuine partnership between the Murder Club and the two police officers. Then around the 2/3 mark, it tanked spectacularly.
I have a strong personal preference for likeable leads, I need to be able to support the chief protagonist to really enjoy a book. Elizabeth, the lead in this story was utterly UNlikable - smug, written as nearly omniscient, super competent and as the story went on ever more condescending and dismissive of the police officers she used as tools. The partnership of the early part of the book was forgotten as the 80s team donned their superhero capes and solved everything. This story fizzled into yet another 'all-knowing amateur(s) shames PCs Plod". I scored it as low as I did because of the massive disappointment that a book which started off promising ended up putrid.
Time to try Ben Schott's Leap of Faith now and see it matches the quality of Jeeves and the King of Clubs. I really hope so
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