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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
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it was amazing

The Thursday Murder Club is a bloody brilliant start to a Cozy Mystery series. I'm in, hook, line and sinker.

This one features an interesting mystery, fantastic characters and the audibook narration was perfection.



I feel like one of the last remaining people on Earth to have read this delightful Mystery, but I'm so happy to be joining the party, late or not.

I really wanted to listen to the audio, because I had heard great things about the narration by Marian Keyes and Lesley Manville. They weren't wrong. It was well worth the over year wait for my library hold to come through.



If you aren't aware, this book follows a charming group of septuagenarians, mainly Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron, who live in a retirement village known as Cooper's Chase.

This fearsome-foursome meet up once a week to discuss and dig into cold cases. They also have a local DS they befriend and consult regarding their cases of interest.

In this book specifically, a property developer involved in the creation of Cooper's Chase is found murdered. A case of utmost interest to our friends.



The mystery was cleverly-plotted. I enjoyed the many people of interest we came across along the way. There's a lot of drama going on surrounding this little community.

The members of the Murder Club all got on so well. I loved their moments together and witty dialogue. The narration had me giggling many times, picturing everything perfectly.



There were some great suspects and lots of motives for potentially killing our victim. Not much got past the Murder Club though. They were on it.

In addition to the great mystery, there was also some thoughtful and emotional moments reflecting on aging and issues that may arise later in life.

In fact, there was one scene that had me in tears. It took me by surprise how much I was moved by many of these characters personal journeys.



I'm really looking forward to continuing on with this series. I've heard it just keeps getting better and better.

I'm already attached to these characters and am so excited to join in the investigations and solve some more cases!

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Reading Progress

November 30, 2020 – Shelved
November 30, 2020 – Shelved as: to-read
November 16, 2022 – Started Reading
November 17, 2022 –
0% "I love the humor and tone of this.
I can already tell this series is going to be a great fit for my tastes!"
November 17, 2022 –
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November 18, 2022 –
0% "I love this group of characters!!"
November 19, 2022 –
0% "I've been laughing so much, I didn't expect crying to be on the agenda for this one, but Bernard's letter to Joyce...😭😭😭 damn, that got me."
November 19, 2022 – Finished Reading

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Chelsea Humphrey Ok funny story. I don't remember requesting this one, but it just came through on NetGalley as a wish granted yesterday, over two years after the book released! 😂 Is this a sign I should start reading it as well?


megs_bookrack Chelsea wrote: "Ok funny story. I don't remember requesting this one, but it just came through on NetGalley as a wish granted yesterday, over two years after the book released! 😂 Is this a sign I should start read..."Yesssssss! It's absolutely a sign! I started it this morning while getting ready for work and have already laughed out loud numerous times. :)


Chelsea Humphrey megs_bookrack wrote: "Chelsea wrote: "Ok funny story. I don't remember requesting this one, but it just came through on NetGalley as a wish granted yesterday, over two years after the book released! 😂 Is this a sign I s..."

Well I'm sold!


megs_bookrack Chelsea wrote: "megs_bookrack wrote: "Chelsea wrote: "Ok funny story. I don't remember requesting this one, but it just came through on NetGalley as a wish granted yesterday, over two years after the book released..."Looking forward to seeing what you think!!


message 5: by Amy (new) - rated it 5 stars

Amy Imogene Reads This series is one of my absolute favorites! Hope you love it!


megs_bookrack Amy wrote: "This series is one of my absolute favorites! Hope you love it!"Oh yayeeee! I'm so happy to hear that, Amy!!! I have been wanting to get to it forever, but apparently every other audiobook listener in my area has been thinking the same thing! LOL


Suzy I hope you love this as much as I did! Lesley Manville does such a great job. Good decision to drop everything to get to it. :)


megs_bookrack Suzy wrote: "I hope you love this as much as I did! Lesley Manville does such a great job. Good decision to drop everything to get to it. :)"Thank you so much, Suzy! So far I am loving both the story and the narration! I'm glad to hear you loved it as well. I seriously have heard zero negative things about this one!


Holly  B (slower pace!) 🤩🥳


Jayme Enjoy! ❤️


megs_bookrack Holly wrote: "🤩🥳"You gave it 5-stars!! I need more time so I can binge it! LOL


megs_bookrack Jayme wrote: "Enjoy! ❤️"Thank you so much, Jayme!! xx


Holly  B (slower pace!) Five Star Review! Love it! They keep getting better too! 🤩


megs_bookrack Holly wrote: "Five Star Review! Love it! They keep getting better too! 🤩"
I am so looking forward to moving on with the series!! I just love this group of characters. Definitely looking forward to a lot more cases with them. LOL


Chelsea Humphrey Yay! 5 stars!


Kaceey Fabulous review Megs! Glad you loved it!💜


megs_bookrack Chelsea wrote: "Yay! 5 stars!"The audio was fantastic! Although I am sure a hard copy is just as great. When are you planning to start, Chelsea? ((pressure implied...))


megs_bookrack Kaceey wrote: "Fabulous review Megs! Glad you loved it!💜"
Thank you so much, Kaceey! I was surprised how invested I got! xx


message 19: by Tammy (new)

Tammy Fantastic review, Megs! After reading your review I’m ready to take the leap and give this a read too lol.. thanks for the recommendation!! :) 💕


megs_bookrack Tammy wrote: "Fantastic review, Megs! After reading your review I’m ready to take the leap and give this a read too lol.. thanks for the recommendation!! :) 💕"Yayeee! I hope you have fun with it, Tammy. I definitely recommend the audio if you enjoy that format.


The Bibliophile Yes! One of my favorite series! Have read all the books so far! They are all great!


megs_bookrack The Bibliophile wrote: "Yes! One of my favorite series! Have read all the books so far! They are all great!"I'm so glad you love it too!! I have just read the 2 book and am planning to start the 3rd at the end of the week. I am listening to them all on audio and absolutely loving the narration! xx


message 23: by Wendy (new) - added it

Wendy i’m so happy to hear that the audio version was great! Thanks for the wonderful review, Meg!!!


megs_bookrack Wendy wrote: "i’m so happy to hear that the audio version was great! Thanks for the wonderful review, Meg!!!"Thank you so much, Wendy! I'm actually on the 4th audio now, I've listened to them all! It's a great series!!


Iain(I’m a adult) Jones Love you review


megs_bookrack Iain wrote: "Love you review"

Thank you so much, Iain!!!


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