The Bullet That Missed Richard Osman Viking £20

Osman’s is a reassuring world in which almost everyone – even former KGB officers – is so much nicer than you might expect. This latest caper sees the Thursday Murder Club investing a cold case that leads all the way to a billionaire crypto trader, who may turn out to be an exception to the niceness rule. Otherwise Osman’s enormously popular mix of crime-busting, romance and regular quips is just as before. Pointless to expect anything else.