The Thursday Murder Club

3.7 stars — This has such a charming premise. A group of old people in a retirement home meet every Thursday for to discuss old murders and crimes. When it comes to the detective genre, I'm not a fan of the simple ordinary middle age police detective. No I want something more interesting and a group of oldies meddling in investigations. Now that's interesting.

This book is so British. It's cozy British. There is talk of the latest Strictly Come Dancing scores, a visit to Waitrose, biscuits, talk of British weather, our trains, and more. Osman is good at depicting ordinary British life in a way that seems realistic and charming. And the old characters, Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are a bunch of wonderful of characters. They remind me of my own grandparents in truth.

My main fault with this book was the amount of side characters. Too many for me to keep up with, and most of them feel somewhat irrelevant. It feels like Osman has planned an intricate whodunnit with a web of different characters. I'm sure he knows who is who, but I got a little lost. For the last few pages, I got confused and had to consult an online summary to pierce the events together. That being said, our central Murder Club, was an adorable set of characters. My favourite is Elizabeth, she feels like the Queen Bee of the pack. And we get to read about two police D.Is alongside, Donna and Chris, whom I absolutely adore. It was hilarious seeing the professional police officers interact with the meddling Murder Club. I loved reading the characters interact, and the comedy is golden. The actual mystery I did not enjoy as much.

Would recommend! A cozy British mystery, delightfully funny, with a dash of murder.