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The Last Devil to Die

The Last Devil to Die

Cozy MysteryComic Fiction
Pages
400
Published
2023
Language
English

Synopsis

The Thursday Murder Club faces their most personal case yet when an old friend is killed and a dangerous package goes missing. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim, and Ron must navigate the world of art forgery and drug dealers to find a killer before the killer finds them. It is a race against time that tests the limits of their friendship and their wits.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

CozyTenseEmotionalMysterious
Found Family

Genres

Cozy Mystery Comic Fiction Crime Mystery Humor

About the author

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Richard Osman

Richard Osman is an English novelist, television presenter and producer, born in Billericay, Essex, in 1970. He created the BBC quiz show Pointless and was creative director of Endemol UK before turning to fiction. His debut novel, The Thursday Murder Club (2020), follows four residents of a retirement village who meet weekly to investigate cold cases; it sold close to 700,000 copies in the UK within four months. The series continues in The Man Who Died Twice, The Bullet That Missed, The Last De...

Characters

Elizabeth BestProtagonist

Steely former intelligence officer and de facto leader of the club.

Joyce MeadowcroftProtagonist

Warm, sharp-eyed retired nurse and diarist of the group.

Ron RitchieProtagonist

Firebrand former union organiser and ex-boxing manager.

Ibrahim ArifProtagonist

Meticulous retired psychiatrist.

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