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‘Such a beacon of pleasure’ KATE ATKINSON
‘So smart and funny. Deplorably good’ IAN RANKIN
‘A gripping read’ SUNDAY TIMES
THE FIRST BOOK IN THE #1 BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY TV PRESENTER RICHARD OSMAN

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.

But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case.

Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.

Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it’s too late?
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB

‘Thrilling, moving, laugh-out-loud funny’ MARK BILLINGHAM

‘A great read, I really enjoyed it’ GRAHAM NORTON

‘As the bodies pile up, and more is revealed of the lives and loves of Joyce, Ibrahim, Ron and Elizabeth, you can’t help cheering them on – and hoping to meet them again soon’ THE TIMES, CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH

‘Mystery fans are going to be enthralled’ HARLAN COBEN

‘Pure escapism’ THE GUARDIAN, BEST CRIME AND THRILLERS OF 2020

‘One of the most enjoyable books of the year’ DAILY EXPRESS

‘Smart, compassionate, warm, moving and so VERY funny’ MARIAN KEYES

‘As gripping as it is funny’ EVENING STANDARD

‘Funny, clever and achingly British’ ADAM KAY

‘An exciting new talent in crime fiction’ DAILY MAIL

‘A warm, wise and witty warning never to underestimate the elderly’ VAL MCDERMID

‘Delight after delight from first page to last’ RED MAGAZINE

‘I completely fell in love with it’ SHARI LAPENA

‘This is properly brilliant. The pages fly and I can’t stop smiling’ STEVE CAVANAGH

‘Charming, clever debut’ STYLIST

‘I laughed my arse off’ BELINDA BAUER

‘A witty and poignant tale’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘Clever, clever plot’ FIONA BARTON

‘An absolutely delightful read’ PRIMA MAGAZINE

‘Utterly charming’ SARAH PINBOROUGH

‘Funny and original’ THE SUN

‘Properly funny and totally charming… steeped in Agatha Christie joy’ ARAMINTA HALL

‘This is one of the most delightful novels of the year’ DAILY MIRROR

‘A bundle of joy’ JANE FALLON

Publisher Review

Robert Galbraith meets Tom Sharpe. Plot driven with great characters, I’m doing actual lols on every page. I don’t ever want to finish this book! — Philippa Perry Utterly charming and very, very clever. Exactly what you’d expect from Richard Osman writing a crime novel — Sarah Pinborough What a joy! Full of brilliantly observed humour, spot-on dialogue and twists and turns aplenty. Joyce and the gang are now my favourite crime-solving team — Nina Stibbe A warm, wise and witty warning never to underestimate the elderly — Val McDermid Funny, clever and achingly British – what else would you expect from a book by Richard Osman? — Adam Kay A superb debut. Thrilling, moving, laugh-out-loud funny and packed with characters you will want to see a LOT more of — Mark Billingham Compelling. Mystery fans are going to be enthralled — Harlan Coben Smart, compassionate, warm, moving and so VERY funny. I smiled a million times. This book will make a lot of people very, very happy — Marian Keyes