Books like the thursday murder club

The Thursday Murder Club is the debut novel by Pointless and House of Games presenter Richard Osman. It was published on 3 September 2020 by Viking Press, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House.

A group of pensioners (Elizabeth, a former intelligence agent; Ron, a former trade unionist; Joyce, a former nurse; and Ibrahim, a former psychiatrist) set about solving the mystery of the murder of a property developer in the luxurious Cooper's Chase retirement village in Kent.

Osman's inspiration for the book came from a visit he made to an upmarket retirement village. He wrote the book over 18 months in secret.

After a 10-way publishing auction, Penguin Random House acquired the rights to The Thursday Murder Club and its sequel for a seven-figure sum in 2019.