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The Impossible Fortune: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery
Richard Osman · 2025
🎙 Narrated by Fiona Shaw
85/100
👍 Worth It
Wedding planning, grief, and a bitcoin-coded murder mix together in this fifth Thursday Murder Club outing, and it earned a starred Kirkus review plus bestselling-in-the-UK status for 2025. Fiona Shaw returns to narrate, and between her steady presence and Osman's blend of humor and heart, this is an easy one to recommend, ears and all.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: good Fiona Shaw continues from the prior two installments, providing series continuity, though no detailed performance critique was found.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness85
Craft & writing87
Originality75
Evidence & accuracy82
Hype vs delivers85
Age-fit80
Human-eye read85
Penny’s verdict85
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