The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
“After a certain age, you can pretty much do whatever takes your fancy. No one tells you off, except for your doctors and your children.”
Author
Richard Osman
Publisher
Penguin Books
Genre
Crime/Mystery
Number of Pages
382
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Summary
Coopers Chase is a retirement home in England, with roughly 300 residents. What’s notable is that it is ultra-luxurious and four of its inhabitants are senior citizens solving old unsolved murder cases. They meet every Thursday secretly in the Jigsaw room and work on cases using their own special and unique abilities. They believe at their age it’s important to keep the mind fit.
Little do they know that they are about to get a case right from their neighborhood and fresh of the charts (if I can say so).
My Review
Tony Curran, a builder has been bludgeoned to death in his home. The team is on the trail of the murderer when he lands up dead right in front of their eyes. Who killed him? One among their own?
The book sets off to a slow start, what with the introductions to the club and the background on the English police officers involved, and the background on the murder. Plus some events at Cooper Chase have been described in great detail along with the relationships between the club members.
But a few chapters in and then the story picks up excitement and speed and holds it till the very end. I enjoyed everything thereafter. The camaraderie between the club members, their helping and teasing the police officers for the clues, and surprisingly even their routine and leisurely lifestyles. It was a great fun read.
Final Verdict
Long things short it was a charming, refreshing, picturesque, smart, fun story that I was engaged in thoroughly. And I could NOT guess the murderers. Not a chance.
Who Should Read This
Definitely recommend it to fans of Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Canon Doyle.
Richard Osman
An English television presenter, producer, director, and novelist.
- Top Quotes from The Thursday Murder Club -
- “In life you have to learn to count the good days. You have to tuck them in your pocket and carry them around with you. So I’m putting today in my pocket and I’m off to bed.”
- “You can have too much choice in this world. And when everyone has too much choice, it is also much harder to get chosen. And we all want to be chosen.”
- “Many years ago, everybody here would wake early because there was much to do and only so many hours in the day. Now they wake early because there is much to do and only so many days left.”
- “People without a sense of humor will never forgive you for being funny.”
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