But his wife is found, and despite losing her memory, police are suspicious about what happened and who was responsible for her violent disappearance. After meeting that man, she instantly falls in love – they start living together, and he tells Sandrine the heart he thought was broken has started beating again.

When the lonely Sandrine sees a man sobbing on TV, appealing for his missing wife, she doesn’t know how dramatically her life is going to change. The Second Woman by Louise Mey, translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie, is published in paperback by Pushkin Vertigo, priced £12.99 (ebook £8.99) September is a big month for new books, and it won’t get much bigger than Osman’s latest offering. The book is peppered with humorous asides – such as the MI6 canteen being called Would You Like Spies With That?. Osman’s trademark wit and humour are a joy to read, especially through the wonderful Joyce, who ranges from a forgetful elderly woman feeling awkward asking for tea in a coffee shop to a cunning clue-finder who can trap a criminal. The same group of ageing sleuths are embroiled in murders, mysteries, stolen diamonds and a mugging, as they plot to take on a Columbian drug cartel and the mafia – all from their sleepy Kent retirement village. Richard Osman’s follow up to his debut sensation The Thursday Murder Club is set to be another bestseller. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman is published in hardback by Viking, priced £18.99 (ebook £9.99).īlockbuster alert.

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