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The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel

By Richard Osman

Meeting in the Jigsaw Room at a retirement village, four friends take up the tradition of amateur sleuths in murder mysteries.

It does become apparent that each brings their own strengths and experience to their work. Elizabeth is the founder of the group and digs through cold cases from the files of her friend, Penny Gray, a former police officer who is in a coma at the village’s nursing home. Joyce is a retired nurse who serves as the principal chronicler of their cases.

Joining the two women are Ibrahim Arif and Ron Ritchie. Ibrahim...