Later, Joyce discovers a note in her pocket asking her to call Poppy’s mother, Siobhan.ĭouglas contacts Elizabeth asking her to visit his new safe house in Hove. MI5 agents Sue Reardon and Lance James take Douglas and Poppy away to debrief and relocate them. However, Douglas’s handler, Poppy, shoots the intruder. Martin sends an armed man to Coopers Chase. After an “anonymous” call to Donna, Ryan Baird is arrested. Pretending to be a plumber, Ron plants the cocaine and Ibrahim’s credit card in the tank of Ryan’s toilet. At Elizabeth’s request, her friend Bogdan buys a large quantity of cocaine from Connie Johnson and hands it to Ron. The police officers suggest that the Thursday Murder Club could find an alternative way to bring Ryan to justice.Įlizabeth agrees to help Douglas in exchange for information on Ryan. They question Ryan about the assault on Ibrahim but cannot prove his guilt. Meanwhile, Detective Chief Inspector Chris Hudson and PC Donna de Freitas attempt to build evidence against drug dealer Connie Johnson. The attack leaves Ibrahim frightened and withdrawn. Ibrahim is robbed and beaten up by a youth named Ryan Baird. He denied his involvement in the theft to MI5. He hopes to get to Antwerp, sell the diamonds, and disappear. Douglas’s life is threatened by Martin and Andrade. The diamonds belong to New York mafioso Frank Andrade. The club’s members ( Elizabeth Best, Joyce Meadowcroft, Ron Ritchie, and Ibrahim Arif) face a new adventure when Elizabeth’s ex-husband, Douglas Middlemiss (an MI5 agent), moves to a safe house in Coopers Chase.ĭouglas contacts Elizabeth and reveals that he stole £20 million worth of diamonds from the home of Martin Lomax, a middleman for several criminal organizations. The Thursday Murder Club is a group of residents from Coopers Chase retirement village. This guide refers to the 2021 Penguin Random House e-book edition. Much of the novel’s emotional depth derives from Osman’s empathetic portrayal of elderly characters. Chapters move rapidly from one scene and perspective to the next. Chapters alternate between the first -person diary entries of Joyce Meadowcroft and a third-person narration covering multiple viewpoints. The story is told through dual narratives. In reality, The Man Who Died Twice refers to the effects of dementia, another of the novel’s themes. At first, the title appears to refer to the faked death of one or more of the characters. Although its tone is witty, the text addresses serious themes such as aging, mortality, friendship, and revenge.
Set in a retirement village, The Man Who Died Twice combines narrative tension and a fast-paced, complex plot with humor and naturalistic dialog.
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