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The Thursday Murder Club

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The Thursday Murder Club

By: Richard Osman
Narrated by: Lesley Manville
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A New York Times best seller!

Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment

“Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” (Wall Street Journal)

“Don’t trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman’s own laugh-out-loud whodunit.” (Parade)

Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves.

A female cop with her first big case.

A brutal murder.

Welcome to...

The Thursday Murder Club

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together, they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.

When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.

As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?

©2020 Richard Osman (P)2020 Penguin Audio Amateur Sleuths Cozy Crime Detective Fiction Murder Mystery Feel-Good Witty Murder Mystery
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Critic reviews

“An amusing debut that finds gold in getting older.”—People

“If you like a good mystery but also want to laugh and go 'aw,' the Thursday Murder Club books by Richard Osman are definitely for you.”—Daisy Rosario, NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour

“[A] jaunty mystery. . . What's delightful is that there are no stereotypes here—the senior citizens solve the murder with wit, style and ferocious intelligence. The puzzle is intricate and involving, but there's a breeziness about it that makes it an ideal hammock read.”–NPR
Unpredictable Plot Twists • Engaging Storyline • Excellent Narration • Lovable Elderly Protagonists • Clever Plotting

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Too many characters that are not fully developed.
Main mystery thread is not that intriguing. Sub-plots are too numerous.
I can suspend disbelief up to a certain point, but this novel asks me to do this too often.
I applaud the author creating characters that are older than normally found in mystery writing (Miss Marple, aside), but his characters are not realistically elderly.

I would think twice or thrice before reading this author again.

Not Bad, but not Remarkable

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As the interviewer says after the final chapter, this is a treasure to be read again whenever you need an uplift. Could not ask for more!

A treasure to listen to again and again

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I could not finish this book. maybe just the performance or just the way written.
this book may be favorable over tea and krimpets but not in 2022. not sure when written. seemed like a book written by my grand mom...for her friends.

just honestly

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I loved this book so much! Witty and so well written. The second book in the series is so good too…maybe even better. Can’t wait for the third book. All of the characters are developed so well and they feel like old friends at the end of the book.

One of my favorite book recommendations

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Clever, witty, brilliant. Remarkable characters I will never forget. So much so, the actual mysteries are secondary. I just didn’t want it to end.

Author Marian Keyes believes it is a classic. Who am I to disagree?

Every moment is a drop of honey

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