Series ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
We Solve Murders: A Novel
Richard Osman · 2024
🎙 Narrated by Nicola Walker, Penguin Audio
82/100
👍 Worth It
Osman brings his signature warmth and comic timing to a new cast, and this globe-trotting, found-family mystery is just plain fun — murders happen, but they're handled with the same light touch that made his Thursday Murder Club books beloved. A few readers wanted a trickier central puzzle, but the charm carries it easily. Nicola Walker's narration is terrific, praised specifically for comic timing, so the audiobook is a genuine treat.
✦ 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.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Multiple murders drive the plot, though handled with Osman's characteristic humor and light touch. We still scored it 82; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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🎙 Narration: excellent Audie Award-winner Nicola Walker narrates, and her comic timing is called out by reviewers as making the audiobook 'terrifically engaging.'
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety80
Substance / usefulness68
Craft & writing85
Originality72
Evidence & accuracy85
Hype vs delivers85
Age-fit78
Human-eye read82
Penny’s verdict82
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