The Thursday Murder Club is Richard Osman’s debut novel and the first in a mystery series with the same name.
The Thursday Murder Club mystery series focuses on a group of septuagenarian detectives, attempting to crack unsolved crimes from their retirement village.
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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?
About the Author
Richard Osman is a British television presenter, producer, comedian, and author known for his wit and humour, both on television and in his writing. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the television quiz show Pointless, alongside Alexander Armstrong, and also created his own quiz show, Richard Osman’s House of Games.
The Thursday Murder Club books have become international bestsellers, broken records and won multiple awards. The first novel in the Thursday Murder Club series won the The Time Crime Book of the Month and Richard Osman was crowned author of the year at the British Book Awards in 2020.
If you enjoyed this book, I’d obviously recommend continuing with the rest of the Thursday Murder Club series. The next book in the series is titled The Man Who Died Twice.