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The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
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This book is just as much fun as you've probably heard by now. Four septuagenarian residents of an upscale retirement home enjoy solving cold cases to their unofficial satisfaction, each contributing a unique skill set to their investigations. Then one day a real murder (no, make that two) falls into their laps.
These sleuths are affectionately well drawn and the gradual exposition of their back-stories, along with those of other featured characters, is perfectly timed. The descriptions of life in their community, the friendships and disagreements among the residents, and the beautiful setting along the Kentish coast were, well, very pleasing during this time when there is so much in our worlds that is anything but pleasing.
I'm not a big fan of cozies as a rule, but this one rises to the top.
These sleuths are affectionately well drawn and the gradual exposition of their back-stories, along with those of other featured characters, is perfectly timed. The descriptions of life in their community, the friendships and disagreements among the residents, and the beautiful setting along the Kentish coast were, well, very pleasing during this time when there is so much in our worlds that is anything but pleasing.
I'm not a big fan of cozies as a rule, but this one rises to the top.
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Reading Progress
August 24, 2020
– Shelved
August 24, 2020
– Shelved as:
to-read
November 18, 2020
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england
January 8, 2021
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Started Reading
January 13, 2021
– Shelved as:
crime-fiction-cozy
January 13, 2021
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Finished Reading
July 30, 2023
– Shelved as:
crime-fiction
November 21, 2023
– Shelved as:
2021
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Jan 15, 2021 03:45AM
Yay, happy you like this cozy, Barbara! :))
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The characters were an interesting bunch and Osman kept teasing us with Elizabeth’s background!
Beata wrote: "Yay, happy you like this cozy, Barbara! :))"So am I! My enthusiasm for that genre can always be perked up with the right setting, and feisty old people is one of those.
Judith wrote: "The characters were an interesting bunch and Osman kept teasing us with Elizabeth’s background!"Absolutely! I can see future volumes featuring the back-stories of each of the other three, but with Elizabeth never out of the mix.
I agree completely with your second to last paragraph.If the mystery was a little less convoluted, I could have loved this one. As is, it was still an enjoyable time I glad I had.
