The Thursday Murder Club

By Richard Osman

The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman
  • Release Date: 2020-09-22
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
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From 2,161 Ratings

Description

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture

The first installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, also author of We Solve Murders

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?

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

Reviews

  • Such fun!

    5
    By MSPtransplant
    A lovely way to spend an afternoon or two!
  • Murder and Lemon Cakes

    5
    By Dani574
    Part murder mystery, part feel good adventure amongst friends, this book really has everything going for it. The ensemble of this book is just excellent! The characters are all so memorable from the cunning Elizabeth, the headstrong Ron, the brilliant Ibrahim, and the heartwarming Joyce. I loved this group and was really engaged throughout wondering how deep this mystery would go. I am pleased to say that I did not guess the murderer and while it was a complete shock it also made total sense once it was laid out. Sometimes an author can focus too much on making a mystery hard to solve that it can make the whole thing feel implausible by the end. However here, the mystery is so layered with reveal after reveal that guessing the killer becomes more complex than you might believe and I LOVED IT! The dynamic between the group as well as all of the side characters creates for some very cozy and insanely fun dialogue that I just could not get enough of. Cannot recommend this one enough and I cannot wait to read the rest of this series
  • Great characters, fun plot

    4
    By Auggie's Man
    And terrific writing.
  • great fun

    5
    By seejaneread
    the character development is just outstanding. you grow to love them all.
  • Wish I didn’t buy this.

    1
    By Kan You Not??
    The writing style and grammar is very poor. Osman takes forever to get to the point with no substantial development. The book incredibly long-winded and incoherent at certain points. I lost interest after 40-50 pages because it went nowhere fast.
  • The Thursday Murder Club

    5
    By ellsame
    Second book that I had checked out and will read it for the first time because I love mystery books and the first book I read was bells spells and murder.
  • Fun and silly with good twists

    5
    By Ed in Co
    This had great characters and realistic ridiculousness. I liked several plot twists which I normally see coming but not here. Pleasurable escape.
  • Great read

    5
    By Mary @ home
    I enjoyed this book
  • Decent

    2
    By brock_zahler
    This was a decent book! I think I was too excited to read it if that makes sense. I’d heard great things, but for whatever reason this one just didn’t completely pull me in. The story was novel, and the characters and premise were cool, but I just didn’t get excited to pick it up. I almost feel like there were too many characters and storylines happening at once?
  • Rich characters you wish you knew

    5
    By LAwomen
    Amazing story with such fabulous characters, you want to join the Murder Club! I laughed and cried - beautifully written!