The Thursday Murder Club

In a peaceful retirement village in the Kent countryside, four unlikely friends meet every Thursday to pore over cold cases that were never solved. Elizabeth, a steely former spy; Joyce, a warm and deceptively sharp ex-nurse; Ron, a firebrand old union man; and Ibrahim, a meticulous retired psychiatrist, call themselves the Thursday Murder Club — and they are very good at what they do.

When a brutish local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left beside the body, the club finds itself with a real murder to solve. Racing the police (and occasionally helping them), the four pensioners draw on a lifetime of accumulated cunning, charm, and hard-won wisdom to chase a killer through a web of old secrets.

Richard Osman's runaway bestselling debut is a warm, witty cozy mystery that treats its elderly heroes with affection and respect, balancing genuine puzzle-plotting with sharp comedy and unexpected poignancy about aging, friendship, and mortality.