1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:13,413 Speaker 1: from News Talks at BE twenty. 3 00:00:13,093 --> 00:00:16,893 Speaker 2: Three to twelve. Author Richard Osmond's The Thursday Murder Club 4 00:00:16,973 --> 00:00:20,613 Speaker 2: series has broken. All sorts of records are now. The 5 00:00:20,773 --> 00:00:23,093 Speaker 2: latest edition in the series has just been published. It's 6 00:00:23,093 --> 00:00:26,973 Speaker 2: called The Impossible Fortune. Katherine Rains, our book reviewer, has 7 00:00:26,973 --> 00:00:29,453 Speaker 2: read it and she's with us, Now, what do you think, Catherine? 8 00:00:30,333 --> 00:00:32,893 Speaker 3: Look, I really love the series and I would highly 9 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:35,573 Speaker 3: recommend that starting at number one and making a way 10 00:00:35,613 --> 00:00:38,493 Speaker 3: to this one, which is number five, and the last 11 00:00:38,493 --> 00:00:42,213 Speaker 3: book ended with a loss, and Possible Fortune picks up 12 00:00:42,293 --> 00:00:45,093 Speaker 3: some time after that has happened, and so you're back 13 00:00:45,133 --> 00:00:48,373 Speaker 3: with Elizabeth and Ibriham and Joyce and Ron and the 14 00:00:48,493 --> 00:00:51,253 Speaker 3: characters are larger and lighter than life, and they're relatable 15 00:00:51,253 --> 00:00:54,453 Speaker 3: and they're human and they have great depth. And in 16 00:00:54,453 --> 00:00:57,213 Speaker 3: this book, there's a wedding on the horizon, and the 17 00:00:57,253 --> 00:00:59,493 Speaker 3: Thursday Murder Club are all kind of sort of taking 18 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:01,893 Speaker 3: life as it comes. Elizabeth is sort of deep in 19 00:01:02,013 --> 00:01:05,613 Speaker 3: her grief, and Joyce is preparing for her daughter Joana's wedding, 20 00:01:05,653 --> 00:01:07,813 Speaker 3: and Ron and Abraha are just kind of just there 21 00:01:07,853 --> 00:01:10,333 Speaker 3: and as friendly as ever, but then the best man 22 00:01:10,373 --> 00:01:12,413 Speaker 3: for the wedding goes missing, and there's a lot of 23 00:01:12,453 --> 00:01:14,893 Speaker 3: money on the line, and a crypto scheme and a 24 00:01:15,013 --> 00:01:17,653 Speaker 3: murder occurs, and then of course the troops gather to 25 00:01:17,733 --> 00:01:21,573 Speaker 3: figure out this puzzle, and as that investigation deepens, things 26 00:01:21,613 --> 00:01:24,093 Speaker 3: arise for Ron as well, and there's all hands on 27 00:01:24,173 --> 00:01:27,533 Speaker 3: deck to help. And in this edition we also get 28 00:01:27,533 --> 00:01:30,373 Speaker 3: to know some of their family members better, particularly Ron's 29 00:01:30,413 --> 00:01:34,453 Speaker 3: grandson Kendrick, who's just very funny. And the group dynamic 30 00:01:34,573 --> 00:01:37,933 Speaker 3: is very close knit, and the banter is funny and clever, 31 00:01:38,133 --> 00:01:40,453 Speaker 3: and as a reader, you're there, You're along for the ride, 32 00:01:40,493 --> 00:01:42,813 Speaker 3: you're really invited in, and it's cozy and full of 33 00:01:42,813 --> 00:01:45,813 Speaker 3: heart and humor. And as I said, the series is 34 00:01:45,853 --> 00:01:48,333 Speaker 3: now five books in and it proceeds to get better 35 00:01:48,373 --> 00:01:51,893 Speaker 3: and better, and each novel continues to feel really fresh 36 00:01:51,973 --> 00:01:55,133 Speaker 3: and nuanced, and even the you know, even when those 37 00:01:55,173 --> 00:01:58,813 Speaker 3: pieces of the plot are seemingly unconnected, all the bits 38 00:01:58,853 --> 00:02:02,573 Speaker 3: snap into place. And Osmond is brilliant at crafting this 39 00:02:02,653 --> 00:02:05,973 Speaker 3: group of very captivating characters who are all in their eighties, 40 00:02:06,213 --> 00:02:09,693 Speaker 3: and orstrating this very intricate mysteries and making you laugh 41 00:02:09,773 --> 00:02:11,613 Speaker 3: and tug on your hate strings, and you know it's 42 00:02:11,893 --> 00:02:14,813 Speaker 3: very well written, cozy murder mystery and well worth a read. 43 00:02:15,053 --> 00:02:18,133 Speaker 2: Great. So That's The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osmond, the 44 00:02:18,173 --> 00:02:21,093 Speaker 2: latest in the Thursday Murder Club series. Next up, tell 45 00:02:21,173 --> 00:02:23,333 Speaker 2: Us About Culpability by Bruce Holsinger. 46 00:02:24,373 --> 00:02:27,973 Speaker 3: There's a really interesting dynamic to this novel. It's centered 47 00:02:28,133 --> 00:02:33,053 Speaker 3: around the collision of what humans think around artificial intelligence 48 00:02:33,173 --> 00:02:36,533 Speaker 3: and the responsibility for all of those things. And so 49 00:02:36,613 --> 00:02:38,973 Speaker 3: the Cassidy Shaw family are on a road chip and 50 00:02:39,173 --> 00:02:41,813 Speaker 3: seventeen year old Charlie is behind the wheel of their 51 00:02:41,893 --> 00:02:46,293 Speaker 3: autonomous minivan and his dad, Noah's writing alongside, and Charlie's 52 00:02:46,573 --> 00:02:48,813 Speaker 3: mom and sisters are all riding in the back. And 53 00:02:48,853 --> 00:02:51,693 Speaker 3: then the van collides with another car and accident is 54 00:02:51,733 --> 00:02:54,813 Speaker 3: fatal for those in the other car, And so the 55 00:02:54,853 --> 00:02:58,293 Speaker 3: Castidy Shaws are attempting to process this and the impact, 56 00:02:58,813 --> 00:03:00,653 Speaker 3: and they end up heading away for this week long 57 00:03:00,693 --> 00:03:03,413 Speaker 3: stay in a house in Chesapeake Bay, and Noah, the 58 00:03:03,493 --> 00:03:05,933 Speaker 3: dad's trying to hold the family together and working out 59 00:03:05,933 --> 00:03:08,853 Speaker 3: how to per TechEd Charlie. But each of the family 60 00:03:08,893 --> 00:03:12,133 Speaker 3: members has got secrets, and as those investigations fold, it 61 00:03:12,133 --> 00:03:14,493 Speaker 3: becomes very clear that the real cause of the accident 62 00:03:14,613 --> 00:03:17,373 Speaker 3: might not be as simple as human error. And so 63 00:03:17,413 --> 00:03:19,853 Speaker 3: you get this focus on the dilemmas of Ai. Laurella, 64 00:03:19,973 --> 00:03:22,053 Speaker 3: who's the mother, is a leader in the field of 65 00:03:22,693 --> 00:03:26,573 Speaker 3: artificial intelligence, and this book raises this very big moral question, 66 00:03:26,853 --> 00:03:29,093 Speaker 3: you know, when machines start making the decisions where there's 67 00:03:29,093 --> 00:03:31,573 Speaker 3: the responsibility to lie. Is it on the tech? Is 68 00:03:31,613 --> 00:03:33,213 Speaker 3: it the people who created it, or is it the 69 00:03:33,253 --> 00:03:35,693 Speaker 3: people using it? And so you get this blend of 70 00:03:35,733 --> 00:03:40,453 Speaker 3: ethics and technology into this very character focused narrative and 71 00:03:40,493 --> 00:03:43,933 Speaker 3: it's a perfect bend between tension and atmosphere and ethics 72 00:03:43,933 --> 00:03:46,493 Speaker 3: and morality. And the story keeps moving and you end 73 00:03:46,573 --> 00:03:48,853 Speaker 3: up with this novel has the best of thriller and 74 00:03:48,973 --> 00:03:52,533 Speaker 3: drama and philosophical inquiry, and it's very well done. 75 00:03:52,413 --> 00:03:55,893 Speaker 2: Sounds intriguing, It sounds not just as tobiin. It feels 76 00:03:55,893 --> 00:03:57,413 Speaker 2: like the sort of thing that we are actually going 77 00:03:57,453 --> 00:03:59,213 Speaker 2: to be grappling with increasingly, right. 78 00:03:59,893 --> 00:04:02,653 Speaker 3: It feels like something that's five years away. Yeah, Like, 79 00:04:03,173 --> 00:04:05,773 Speaker 3: you know, autonomous vehicles are here. I mean, you know, 80 00:04:06,453 --> 00:04:09,413 Speaker 3: particularly in the States where there's lots of driverless cars 81 00:04:09,413 --> 00:04:12,453 Speaker 3: and those sorts of things, and yeah, it doesn't feel 82 00:04:12,533 --> 00:04:15,493 Speaker 3: like it's a whole level removed when you're reading it. 83 00:04:15,613 --> 00:04:18,413 Speaker 2: No, no, hey, speaking of car accident's given you are 84 00:04:18,533 --> 00:04:21,493 Speaker 2: such a keen fan of Formula one and motorsport. What 85 00:04:21,493 --> 00:04:23,173 Speaker 2: did you make of Liam Lawson putting his into the 86 00:04:23,213 --> 00:04:23,853 Speaker 2: wall this morning? 87 00:04:24,493 --> 00:04:27,253 Speaker 3: Oh, that was pretty disappointing for him, to be honest, 88 00:04:27,333 --> 00:04:30,533 Speaker 3: especially after last weekend. So yeah, I'm sure he's feeling 89 00:04:30,573 --> 00:04:32,813 Speaker 3: pretty sad in that garage right now. Yeah, you know, 90 00:04:33,173 --> 00:04:35,453 Speaker 3: the weekend's a long time and he's got I have 91 00:04:35,573 --> 00:04:37,853 Speaker 3: every hope he's going to pull it back and be 92 00:04:37,973 --> 00:04:38,933 Speaker 3: well up there on the grid. 93 00:04:40,293 --> 00:04:42,253 Speaker 2: I hope this doesn't time like the damage is too bad. 94 00:04:42,293 --> 00:04:44,693 Speaker 2: But yeah, but pretty frustrating seeing those sparks this morning. 95 00:04:44,733 --> 00:04:47,733 Speaker 2: Thank you, Katherine. So Catherine's books for us culpability with 96 00:04:47,733 --> 00:04:49,853 Speaker 2: that second one about the self driving car that crashes. 97 00:04:49,893 --> 00:04:53,133 Speaker 2: The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osmond is her first book. 98 00:04:53,213 --> 00:04:56,213 Speaker 2: That's The Thursday Murder Club. But we'll make sure both 99 00:04:56,213 --> 00:04:57,693 Speaker 2: of those are up on the website so you can 100 00:04:57,773 --> 00:04:58,693 Speaker 2: track them down as well. 101 00:04:59,573 --> 00:05:02,653 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 102 00:05:02,733 --> 00:05:05,893 Speaker 1: to Newstalks that'd be from nine am Saturday, or follow 103 00:05:05,933 --> 00:05:07,533 Speaker 1: the podcast, asked on iHeartRadio