{"id":2897,"date":"2024-01-11T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:59:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:59:13","slug":"what-are-we-reading-in-the-solve-the-murder-book-club-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2897","title":{"rendered":"What are we reading in the Solve the Murder Book\u00a0Club?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2024\/01\/pexels-photo-7041729.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2024\/01\/pexels-photo-7041729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4145\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Yaroslav Shuraev on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/woman-reading-near-the-fireplace-7041729\/\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Welcome to the first <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Solve the Murder Book Club selection for 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This month we are reading The Satsuma Complex&nbsp;by Bob Mortimer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Plot<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>My name is Gary. I\u2019m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To describe me as anonymous would be unfair but to notice me other than in passing would be a rarity. I did make a good connection with a girl, but that blew up in my face and smacked my arse with a fish slice.<\/em><\/strong><br><br>Gary Thorn goes for a pint with a work acquaintance called Brendan. When Brendan leaves early, Gary meets a girl in the pub. He doesn\u2019t catch her name, but falls for her anyway. When she suddenly disappears without saying goodbye, all Gary has to remember her by is the book she was reading:&nbsp;<em>The Satsuma Complex.<\/em>&nbsp;But when Brendan goes missing, Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Satsuma to get some answers.<br><br>And so begins Gary\u2019s quest, through the estates and pie shops of South London, to finally bring some love and excitement into his unremarkable life\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WINNER OF THE&nbsp;BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Satsuma Complex&nbsp;by Bob Mortimer is available from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/3668\/9781398521230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The City Adventurers Solve the Murder<\/a>&nbsp;and from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NTwdb0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The City Adventurers love reading about mystery, so we\u2019ve started our own book club.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/b76ee331c544\/qeywp1mv7d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Click here to join!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/b76ee331c544\/qeywp1mv7d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Join the Solve The Murder Book Club<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the first Solve the Murder Book Club selection for 2024 This month we are reading The Satsuma Complex&nbsp;by Bob Mortimer Plot My name is Gary. 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