The Thursday Murder Club

A Novel

By: Richard Osman

Narrated by: Lesley Manville

Now a Netflix Film

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

Definite twists

The author kept me second guessing who the real killer was the entire time. Highly recommend 👌

Holy Moley! What a delightful tale of murder.

This book has no weakness! But it sure plays to mine... Huh? Well, I loved every character and twist and feeling. Richard Osman played my curiosity and emotions... well... like an organist's rather than a novelist's fingers. And I mean as a world class musician.

How does a man get into ladies minds so convincingly? And how does a young man find his way among the thoughts and feelings of people, well... people of my age (yeah, I'm teetering on the edge of doddering)? But this magic box of puzzles inside of The Thursday Murder Club is double wrapped in comedy... Well, maybe humor's a better word. While only laughing a few times during my listen to Lesley Manville's terrific interpretation of this ensemble cast of sleuths... it seemed as if I was smiling, um, when I wasn't trying to wipe the damned dust out of teary eyes.

Gosh I hope Osman's just beginning his career in novel making. Could he possibly have anything as wonderful as this still in his imagination. I'll be among the first to find out.

Best Book I’ve Read in a Long Time

I loved this book! I’m in the age range of the main characters, and the writing is a good representation of how my family, friends, and I talk and think, but we’re minus any murder mysteries. 😊

This book is laugh out loud funny, sad, and has a good mystery plot.

Lesley Manville is the best reader I’ve heard on an Audible book. I wish she could read every book I listen to.

Slow!

I was looking forward to this book, however, the story moves so slowly that it did not hold my interest.

Wait for the 90 minute Netflix movie

Had this been a made for TV movie or the latest Netflix whodunnit I may have given it another star. The story didn’t translate well to an audible format. Too many characters as narrators that at times it was a bit challenging to figure out who was whom. I stuck with it to the end, although if I hadn’t played it while doing other things, I suspect I would have cut my losses and put it aside. Do I feel satisfied having reached the end and knowing who did what? Sadly no.