I believe I warned you that there would be more Ozzy.
This one was published in 2009, after the show ended, and in it he makes public his Parkinson's diagnosis. It was pretty thorough, covering his childhood in Birmingham, how he became part of Black Sabbath, his first marriage and kids, his drug and alcohol addictions, going solo and getting divorced, remarried, and having more kids with Sharon. His love for his career, his family, and his way too many pets (seriously, I love dogs as much as the next person, but 16 at a time is way too many) shined through. There were still more controversies to come for Ozzy at this point (which he covered in "Last Rites") but he was in a good place when this book came out. It was one of those rare books that I couldn't put down and just spent several hours getting through it on Saturday.
A friend of mine mentioned how good the show is on Netflix, but because I'm weird like that I have to read the book first. (She told me I didn't need to, but, you know. Old habits and all).
It was pretty good, if not a little convoluted. I loved the main characters though: a group of four retirees who live in a community called Coopers Chase. It used to be a nunnery, and when the last nun passed away the property was sold and homes were built next to the cemetery (that's important later). Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim used to have another member of their Thursday Murder Club group: former detective Penny. Penny is now in a coma, but when Penny was awake, she used to bring old cold case files to the group and they would try to solve them. Now a real murder has happened: Tony Curran, the "muscle" for Ian Ventham, who owns Coopers Chase and is looking to expand it by trying to buy a nearby farm as well as relocate the cemetery.
I don't want to give away the ending, but the armchair detectives are all very charming and funny in their own ways.
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