Thursday Murder Club, #2
The Man Who Died Twice
by Richard Osman
Contents
Chapter 53
Overview
The friends review CCTV from the day before the shootings and watch a biker open locker 531 to find it empty except for a crisp packet. Despite multiple replays, they cannot identify the figure. Kendrick then spots a friendship bracelet on the biker’s wrist, matching Joyce’s handiwork, narrowing the suspect pool to insiders.
Summary
Gathered around Ibrahim’s hospital bed, Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim prepare to review new CCTV footage while Kendrick plays nearby. The video shows a biker in full leathers approach locker 531, struggle with the key, open it, remove a crisp packet, toss it back, stare at the empty locker, then leave.
They confirm the footage is from the day before Poppy and Douglas were shot and debate how anyone else knew about locker 531. Joyce wonders if it could be Douglas, but Elizabeth rules him out due to protective custody and his knowledge that the locker was empty. Multiple replays yield no clear gender, age, or height due to angles and clothing.
Kendrick returns and prompts them to re-examine a specific moment: when the biker reaches up to the lock, a gap reveals the wrist. There, they notice a crude, sequined friendship bracelet.
Kendrick identifies it as one of Joyce’s bracelets. The group realizes the biker is likely someone who received a bracelet from Joyce, sharply narrowing the field to their close circle and indicating an insider connection to the locker information.
Who Appears
- KendrickNotices a friendship bracelet on the biker in the CCTV, providing the key clue that narrows suspects.
- JoyceHer handmade friendship bracelets match the one seen on the biker’s wrist, narrowing the suspect pool.
- IbrahimHosts the group by his hospital bed and operates the CCTV footage for analysis.
- ElizabethLeads the analysis, dismisses Douglas as the biker due to custody, and pushes for rewatching the footage.
- RonEncourages Kendrick’s involvement and participates in the group’s deductions from the CCTV.