The Thursday Murder Club
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  • Published: 3 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9780241988275
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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The Thursday Murder Club

(The Thursday Murder Club 1)

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Paperback
5 Aug 2025
Paperback
15 Apr 2021
EBook
3 Sep 2020
Audiobook
3 Sep 2020
Audio CD
3 Sep 2020
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Four unlikely friends
A shocking murder
Welcome to THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB

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?
  • Published: 3 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9780241988275
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
Categories:

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About the author

Richard Osman

Richard Osman is a creative director for Endemol UK. He has worked as an executive producer on numerous shows including 8 Out of 10 Cats and 10 O'Clock Live. Richard rose to fame presenting Pointless with Alexander Armstrong. Richard's popularity and tremendous knowledge of trivia led to him presenting his own BBC quiz,Two Tribes along with Insert Name Here, Child Genius and Richard Osman's House of Games. He is also a regular on panel shows such as Have I Got News For You and writes a column for the Radio Times.

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