The Thursday Murder Club – Book Review

Title:- The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club series Book 1)

Author:- Richard Osman

Date published:- September 3rd 2020

No. of pages:- 382 pages

Genre:- Mystery/Thriller

Rating:-

Plot:- 3/5

Writing:- 3/5

Overall rating:- 3/5

In 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?

OK I will start with the good ones first.

First of all, I don’t think I have ever laughed so much because of a book! This book is so funny, and actually enjoyable. The characters in the book are all likable. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are all in their seventies and in their retirement houses and the four would get together to solve a brutal murder that happened right in their vicinity. I also like Elizabeth’s character in the story–she is such a quirky character in which readers wish she was your typical grandmother. I also like how they are associating with the two police officers, Donna and Chris, particularly the fact that the police officers get closer to these characters. It was actually a fun read, the chapters were all short, some chapters were less than a page, thus makes the reading a little quicker.

The bad thing is, it got a little time for me to get into the story. I was nearly bored at first but then eventually, I started to enjoy the book more, towards the beginning of the middle.

If you are looking for a cozy thriller, then try out this book. This is the first book of the series and I have already the other books in the series, so cannot wait to continue with the reading–worth three stars.