The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
Four pensioners (ex-spy Elizabeth, former trade union organizer Ron, psychiatrist Ibrahim, retired nurse Joyce) search for £350 million in bitcoins co-owned by Nick Silver and Holly Lewis. Nick disappears. Holly is blown up by a car bomb. Cozy mystery.
Elizabeth’s daughter, Joanna, marries Paul Brett. Paul’s best man is Nick Silver. Holly Lewis doesn’t attend the wedding. Ron’s daughter, Suzi, is married to Danny Lloyd. He is abusive, and she sends him away at gunpoint. Their son, Kendrick, stays with his mother’s family. Drug dealer Connie takes juvenile delinquent Tai under her wing.
Nick Silver and Holly Lewis are business partners in The Compound, an underground high-security storage facility for offline storage (aka safety deposit boxes). This is where they store the key for the £350 million in bitcoins. The storage unit requires a 12-digit code. Nick knows six digits, and Holly knows the other six. If either of them dies, a solicitor delivers that code to the other one. Unfortunately, Holly has been blown up by a car bomb, Nick has disappeared, and no one can locate the solicitor.
Some quotes:
“A bit worried, yeah,” says Ron, looking at the gun. “If you kill Ron, I kill you,” says Bogdan. “With what?” says Davey. “Bare hands,” says Bogdan. “Yes, please, what a way to go,” says Davey. “And if I kill you?” “Then Elizabeth will kill you,” says Bogdan. “Who’s Elizabeth?” “You don’t want to find out,” says Bogdan.
Clever people, by which I mean Ibrahim or Elizabeth, are happiest when something is unusual, or unexpected, or not at all what you think, but normal people, me and Ron, that sort of person, like it when a tree is a tree and a shoe is a shoe, and a drug dealer is a murderer.
A wild ride with a satisfying ending.
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