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The Thursday Murder Club is Back!!

The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club #5) by Richard Osman

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I don’t know if it says something about me, or something about Richard Osman, but I find these “murder club” books immensely comforting. I read the first four and I didn’t even know there was a new book out until I saw it on Audible. It was the correct choice to listen to the audiobook too, because Fiona Shaw is the narrator. She is the PERFECT person to narrate this series. I’m just going through my Goodreads and I have no earthly idea if I […]

Murder muddle maybe caused by drugs and other stuff

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

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It might just be coincidence that I picked up The Last Devil to Die just as the tv cast was being announced, but I just need to ask how the heck is Pierce Brosnan Ron? Ron’s a grumpy rough around the edges old dude who does the right thing for his friends and fam, not James Bond. I can see Helen Mirren as Elizabeth though. Ok, I’m done now. Obviously, the story is a murder mystery, this time the Coopers Chase Thursday Murder Club has […]

“Everyone who dies is alive. We call people “dead” because we need a word for it, but “dead” just means that time has stopped moving forward for that person? You understand? No one dies, not really.”

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

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I LOVE THIS BOOK AND BOOK SERIES AND YOU SHOULD READ IT. Yup. All caps. Yelling right out of the gate. I mean serious business. This joy is not a drill! This book is the fourth in the series, so if you haven’t read The Thursday Murder Club you should begin at the beginning and prepare to nearly swoon with delight in each installment. Osman has created a quartet of characters that I cannot wait to visit when I finally travel to England, because duh […]

OMG I love these old crime fighters

The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman

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So, this is another Audible book that my sister bought that I get to enjoy. Thankfully she bought all three, so I get to listen to them all! This is book one. The premise of this this book was totally new and refreshing to me. The closest parallel I can make is to the Netflix show “Only Murders in the Building.” It’s kind of a loose parallel though. Anyway, we get pulled in immediately as Elizabeth, an octogenarian asks her friend Joyce, a former nurse […]

More Thursday Murder Club!!

The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2) by Richard Osman

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OK so this is literally the Thursday after the end of the first book. Like I said – I fell in love with these characters. I want to be in the Thursday Murder Club. I feel like I’d be a snack contributor though. These people have contacts and make connections that are really impressive! I could make really impressive snacks! We start out with Elizabeth getting a letter from her ex-husband, who is supposed to be dead. Sidebar – I love how in all of […]

#LifeGoals #RetirementGoals: The Novel

The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman

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Thursday Murder Club is a perfectly suitable novel for someone looking for a fast read that’s funny enough. I picked it up from the new paperback release display at a local bookshop on a lark. It’s a title that’s been read by a few people I know or mentioned in some “currently reading” or “recently read” or maybe even a “recommended read” list or conversation a few times. I had already read the synopsis and thought, Hm. Should maybe try that sometime. and just never really found myself […]



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