The Thursday Murder Club: The first novel in the multi-million copy bestselling murder mystery series

Richard Osman

Sep 2020 · Penguin · Narrated by Richard Osman, Lesley Manville, and Marian Keyes

188 reviews

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THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES AND SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX MOVIE RELEASE!

Featuring an exclusive conversation between Richard Osman and Marian Keyes at the end of the audiobook.

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?

The Times Crime Book of the Month
Guardian Best Crime and Thrillers

'Smart, compassionate, warm, moving and so VERY funny' Marian Keyes
'So smart and funny. Deplorably good' Ian Rankin
'Thrilling, moving, laugh-out-loud funny' Mark Billingham

Richard Osman, Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024
The Bullet that Missed broke the record for the fastest-selling adult fiction hardback ever, September 2022

THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES AND SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX MOVIE RELEASE! Featuring an exclusive conversation between Richard Osman and Marian Keyes at the end of the audiobook. In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely frien...

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188 reviews

Christy L

September 16, 2020

not so good. It felt like a rip off a medicure 1930s howdunit, that had been made into a bad tv howdonit from the 80s and then rehashed back into an even worse book spawn by a committee of unimaginative marketing "gurus". With stereotyple characters which are at best boring and at worse offensive.

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Ben Mynott

July 1, 2023

A bit too farfetched at times for my liking. The interview at the end was quite revealing; the author tells us he only decided on the murderer half way through writing!

Angry Squirrel

October 24, 2020

Completely enchanting. Getting to know the characters was such a pleasure. Some of the cast in particular, came to feel like treasured friends you cannot wait to see again. With hilarious shenanigans & a mystery that keeps you guessing. This book is a brand new shiny jewel in the crown of Great British fiction. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and absolutely cannot wait to see what mischief the gang will get into next time

About the author

Richard Osman rose to fame presenting Pointless with Alexander Armstrong. He's now a creative director for Endemol UK, and has worked as an executive producer on numerous shows including 8 Out of 10 Cats and 10 O'Clock Live, as well as presenting his own quiz shows. He is also a regular on panel shows such as Have I Got News For You and writes a column for the Radio Times. Richard has always wanted to be an author, and The Thursday Murder Club is his debut, bringing together his love of mysteries and British people.

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