Richard Osman The Thursday Murder Club 2021 Penguin Books 2021

Synopsis

<p><b>THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING <i>THURSDAY MURDER CLUB</i> SERIES BY RICHARD OSMAN</b> <p>---------- <p><b>'Smart, compassionate, warm, moving and so VERY funny' </b>Marian Keyes<br><b>'So smart and funny. Deplorably good' </b>Ian Rankin<br><b>'Thrilling, moving, laugh-out-loud funny' </b>Mark Billingham <p>In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. <p>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. <p>Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. <p><b>Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late?</b> <p><i>The Times </i>Crime Book of the Month<br><i>Guardian </i>Best Crime and Thrillers <p>---------- <p><b>'A warm, wise and witty warning never to underestimate the elderly' </b>Val McDermid <p><b>'I completely fell in love with it' </b>Shari Lapena <p><b>'This is properly brilliant. The pages fly and I can't stop smiling' </b>Steve Cavanagh <p><b>'Steeped in Agatha Christie joy' </b>Araminta Hall <p><b>'Pure escapism' </b><i>Guardian</i> <p><b>'As gripping as it is funny' </b><i>Evening Standard</i> <p><b>'An exciting new talent in crime fiction' </b><i>Daily Mail</i> <p><b>'A witty and poignant tale' </b><i>Daily Telegraph</i> <p><b>'Funny and original' </b><i>Sun</i></p>