56 pages 1 hour read

Richard Osman

The Bullet That Missed

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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Prologue-Part 1Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 1: “Around Every Corner, a Familiar Face”

Prologue Summary

Television reporter Bethany Waites holds a bullet and thinks about an email inviting her to meet. She makes sure to contact Mike before heading to the meeting.

Part 1, Chapter 1 Summary

News personality Mike Waghorn—along with a camera operator, sound man, and makeup artist—arrives at the Jigsaw Room at Coopers Chase to interview Ron Ritchie for a televised segment on his show South East Tonight. Pauline Jenkins does Ron Ritchie’s makeup after deflecting his protests. Joyce Meadowcroft arrives and flirts with Mike when he arrives. After Ibrahim arrives, Joyce invites Mike to dinner to learn about the Thursday Murder Club, and he eventually accepts. Then, Elizabeth arrives, rounding out the club’s number. Joyce has set up the interview to lure Mike to Coopers Chase in hopes he can give them information about the club’s latest case: Bethany Waites’s murder.

Part 1, Chapter 2 Summary

From prison, Connie runs a drug gang and plans revenge on Ron and Bogdan for setting her up. She decides not to kill them until after her trial. She researches Ron and discovers he was famous in the 1970s and 1980s and vows to be patient.