Such a beacon of pleasure' KATE ATKINSON'So smart and funny. Deplorably good' IAN RANKIN'A gripping read' SUNDAY TIMESTHE FIRST BOOK IN THE GRIPPING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY TV PRESENTER RICHARD OSMANIn 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?__________________________________WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB'Thrilling, moving, laugh-out-loud funny' MARK BILLINGHAM'Mystery fans are going to be enthralled' HARLAN COBEN'Smart, compassionate, warm, moving and so VERY funny' MARIAN KEYES'A gripping read and rather moving' SUNDAY TIMES'Funny, clever and achingly British' ADAM KAY'If we're lucky Richard Osman will keep these characters alive forever' CAROLINE KEPNES'A warm, wise and witty warning never to underestimate the elderly' VAL MCDERMID'I completely fell in love with it' SHARI LAPENA'This is properly brilliant. The pages fly and I can't stop smiling' STEVE CAVANAGH'Clever, clever plot' FIONA BARTON'I laughed my arse off' BELINDA BAUER'Utterly charming' SARAH PINBOROUGH'Properly funny and totally charming... steeped in Agatha Christie joy' ARAMINTA HALL'A bundle of joy' JANE FALLON'Robert Galbraith meets Tom Sharpe. I don't ever want to finish this book!' PHILIPPA PERRY'I found myself staying up way after lights out for just one more chapter' JAMES OSWALD'What a tonic! Should be on prescription' JANE CORRY