The Thursday Murder Club

Richard Osman is well known for co-hosting the British show, Pointless, as well as appearing on a range of comedy quiz shows. The Thursday Murder Club is his first novel and the first in a new series of crime novels set in a retirement village.

Coopers Chase is home to a number elderly residents from a variety of backgrounds who enjoy the many social and other activities available in the village. On Thursday mornings members of the Thursday Murder Club meet to review the files of cold cases that they have acquired. Elizabeth, Penelope, Ibrahim and Ron are the original club members but when Penelope had a stroke, resulting in permanent hospitalisation, Joyce joined the group. When someone they know is murdered The Thursday Murder Club members are determined to become involved in solving a real crime and soon manoeuvre their way into 'assisting' the police in their investigation. The four club members use their wide range of experience and contacts to gain access to information not readily available to the police. They are also not afraid to create situations to obtain information that they require.

Richard Osman has created an amusing, endearing, resourceful group of characters who discover that they are not only trying to discover the perpetrator of one murder but also need to solve two other crimes as well. I look forward to meeting the members of The Thursday Murder Club in the next volume of this series.