The Thursday Murder club- Richard Osman-Crime/humour

"Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late?"

The Thursday murder club in the past has discussed old cases from perloined files

(we won’t ask how) but now has a real murder to deal with. The members  Ibrahim,

Joyce, Elizabeth and Ron all live in a retirement community and secretly meet under

the guise of “Japanese opera- a discussion” to ward off any unwanted attention. Each

has their own life story and interesting background- “Everyone has a story to tell” and tell

it they do.  Cooper's chase  has been built by a partnership where one partner is using

the business as a front for other things and one knows he is in danger from the other

. Ian Ventham is the main man and is very much disliked by the residents as he only has

his pockets to watch caring very little about anything or anyone else. Tony Curren is

the one Ian is worried about as he is about to sack him and there may be

consequences. This is a cozy mystery with a difference. Richard's sense of humour is

wonderful “ Not a single person was ever late for the bus journey home, only Malcolm 

as he had died in the light bulb aisle of Robert Dyas”. Setting this in a retirement

home is genius as there is the devil-may-care attitude of octogenarians who really don't

care what others think of them or even what they do - in some cases only just this side of

the law. It also means that there are life experiences and wonderful well rounded

characters with a zest for life and caring for others. A wonderful uplifting tonic of

a book- loved it! 

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