The Bullet That Missed is the 3rd in the series of the Thursday Murder Club Mysteries. I adore the characters and I can never get enough of them working through their difficult cases that often overlap other cases. This one starts as all the others do. The gang gets together to choose a cold case to hopefully solve when Elizabeth also receives word from a mysterious man telling her that she must kill a retired Russian agent who was once her lover or her best friend Joyce would be killed by the mystery man. Of course, Elizabeth and the crew never stay out of trouble or danger so when bodies start dropping, you know that they’re right in the middle of things.
Of the three books, this one seemed the least tight in terms of narrative and it felt like it could’ve ended twice prior to when it actually ended. That said, I will continue to be delighted by the books because the characters are well fleshed out and wonderful diversions from the horrors of the real world. I don’t want to give too much away, so a brief review is all I’ll be providing this time. If you haven’t read the series, I highly recommend it for those who enjoyed Murder She Wrote or other cozy mysteries. There are more than a few deaths but somehow the books just chug along being charming and fabulous.