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The Thursday murder club / Richard Osman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Thursday Murder Club ; bk. 1Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First large print editionDescription: 468 pages (large print) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593410257
  • 0593410254
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. There's Red Ron, the infamous former socialist firebrand, still causing trouble; gentle Joyce, widowed, pining for another resident, but surely not as innocent as she seems; Ibrahim, a former therapist who understands the darker side of human nature; and Elizabeth? Well, no one is quite sure who she really is, but she's definitely not a woman to underestimate. When a local developer is found dead, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. The friends might be septuagenarians, but they are cleverer than most. Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before its too late?" --Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Dr. James Carlson Library Large Print Fiction MYSTERY OSMAN, RICHARD TM 1 Checked out bite marks on bottom corner of front cover. 5/28/2024 07/02/2024 33111011077092
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print Fiction MYSTERY OSMAN, RICHARD TM 1 Checked out 07/06/2024 33111010977102
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A New York Times Bestseller | Soon to be a Major Motion Picture

"Don't trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman's own laugh-out-loud whodunit." -- Parade

Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves
A female cop with her first big case
A brutal murder
Welcome to...
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.

When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.

As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?

"Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining." --Wall Street Journal

Series numbering taken from www.goodreads.com.

First published in hardcover in Great Britain by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., London.

"In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. There's Red Ron, the infamous former socialist firebrand, still causing trouble; gentle Joyce, widowed, pining for another resident, but surely not as innocent as she seems; Ibrahim, a former therapist who understands the darker side of human nature; and Elizabeth? Well, no one is quite sure who she really is, but she's definitely not a woman to underestimate. When a local developer is found dead, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. The friends might be septuagenarians, but they are cleverer than most. Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before its too late?" --Back cover.

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