A review by oashackelford
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman

4.0

Elizabeth Best, spy extraordinaire and pensioner, has always kept her past life exactly where she wants it, in her past. Unfortunately it has now caught up with her. A man that she and her friends have taken to calling the Viking has ordered her to kill a former KGB Colonel that she is friends with, or he will kill Joyce. Elizabeth, never one for exactly following anyone's orders, takes it upon herself to fake a few deaths, form a few friendships and solve the murder that her friend wants her to solve this time, a cold case. It's a lot to take on for just one woman, but they don't call her Best for nothing.

I really love these pensioners. I think the whole premise that they are old and put people off their guard is so funny and the author, Richard Osman, keeps finding new ways to make it funny. I hope he writes at least another one, but I also wonder if he is trying to avoid these books going on for too long, as eventually old age would catch up with the characters.