The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Richard Osman (Author, Narrator), Lesley Manville (Narrator), Marian Keyes (Narrator),

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The first book in the number one best-selling, multi-million copy selling series by TV presenter Richard Osman.

Read by Lesley Manville, soon-to-be star of The Crown, and featuring an exclusive Q&A between Richard Osman and Marian Keyes.

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved killings.

But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case.

Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron, might be pushing 80, but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.

Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late?

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12 hours and 25 minutes
Author

Richard Osman
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Audible release date

3 Sept. 2020
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English
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Penguin Audio
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B07V2P4MYN
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	12 hours and 25 minutes
Author	Richard Osman
Narrator	Richard Osman, Lesley Manville, Marian Keyes
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.co.uk Release Date	03 September 2020
Publisher	Penguin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07V2P4MYN
Best Sellers Rank	13 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1 in Amateur Sleuth Mysteries 1 in Cosy Mysteries 36 in Mysteries (Books)

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CSM

Very disappointing, silly and boring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 September 2020

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I have read so many brilliant reviews of this book by well known and ordinary readers like myself. I like Richard Osman and find him witty and I was really looking forward to this widely advertised first novel. Therefore I am so disappointed that I found this book almost childish in the way the characters were presented. To me there was nothing comical about it apart from the idea that the police would have happily liaised with a group of pensioners to solve a murder. Even when laws were broken by the group this was perceived as acceptable and everyone swapped theories as to perpetrators over tea and cake. Mostly lemon drizzle but orange drizzle on one occasion. I have every respect for anyone who can write a book and on reading reviews I am sure this will do well. It was just too far fetched and rather silly for me.

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Reading this novel was an absolute joy!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 September 2020

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I have always enjoyed watching Richard Osman on TV, in fact one of my favourite programmes is Pointless. So, my ears pricked up when I briefly heard someone on the radio mention that he'd recently penned his first ever novel. After listening to the outline of the book which, amongst other things, entails four elderly friends whose hobby it is to solve murders, well I just had to order myself a copy.

This is a typical 'very English' whodunnit, featuring eccentric characters who come alive on the page. The principle players are: Elizabeth (ex-spy chief), Joyce (former nurse), Ibrahim (retired psychiatrist) and Ron (ex-trade union boss) who reside in a gated retirement village situated on the south coast. These are folk who I soon came to care about, despite their individual flaws. They may be fictitious, but Richard effortlessly brings them to life, and gives each a unique personality of their own. Old age can sometimes be a burden to them, and they may have to endure certain physical and mental issues, but combined they are still a force to be reckoned with. These amateur sleuths are also somewhat unorthodox when it comes to the methods they employ to investigate and potentially trap a killer. Despite murder being the theme running through this excellent novel, this is very much a cosy read. It's clever, it's sad, it's moving in places, and it's wickedly funny throughout.

You know, these are difficult, worrying times we find ourselves in, and so we all occasionally need a break, a diversion, some form of escapism - and if that's what you're looking for, then reading this book is one way of achieving that. I'm not easily amused, but I have to say that at times The Thursday Murder Club had me in fits of laughter. This novel is the perfect antidote to the sometimes depressing stuff that has been going on around us of late. My advice is to get your hands on a copy of this book ASAP - then sit back in your favourite armchair, with a mug of tea and a plate of biscuits at hand, and just lose yourself in this compassionate, witty mystery created by the inimitable Richard Osman. All that's left for me to add is that I really cannot wait for the next book in the series.....

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Mike's mum

Why?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 October 2020

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When you find that the three page acknowledgements from the author at the back are more interesting and better written than the novel itself then that is a worry. Let me say that I like Richard Osman on the television but a novelist he is not! Banal, tedious and poorly written. I read somewhere that it is aimed at a TV audience whatever that means - possibly for the folk who enjoy 'Death in Paradise' or 'Mrs Brown's Boys'? The novel is made up of caricatures and I didn't care what happened to them. I can be stubborn so refused to give up on this story but it was very hard work and with hindsight I should have done. The police are portrayed negatively and as somewhat dim and we are meant to believe that these other characters in a retirement home have all these contacts around the world enabling them to solve crimes from their armchair.
Kate Atkinson and Ian Rankin are on the book cover making flattering statements. Why? That seriously undermines their judgement and credibility in my eyes. On the back cover someone says: 'Laugh out loud'. Really? The humour is tired, cliched and resorts to stereotypes; in effect little asides from the author which are not amusing. Richard you can do so much better than this surely? It needed editing. In fact, I am wondering if the first draft was published by mistake and now no one can admit the error. The Joyce diary entries are tedious and nothing more than padding.
I came to this novel with enthusiasm and expectation but it is the worst text I have read in years. Who actually writes fiction in the present tense and thinks it is cool? I despair that another one of these novels is already planned and I can see a film version of this on the television in the future as a Christmas special. Perhaps when 'Death in Paradise' has had its day? Is that actually possible? If you are thinking of buying this for someone's Christmas stocking, I urge caution. I like 'cosy'; it is not cosy like Agatha Christie might be. Someone who agrees with my assessment, said it reminded them of Enid Blyton. They are right. Instead of lashings of ginger beer however, we are given lemon drizzle cake instead.
I admire the way Richard has transformed himself from a producer to a successful presenter. But I ask myself would this have been published if he was not a celebrity? I feel the pain of all the talented writers out there who fail to obtain a publishing deal and remain frustrated throughout their writing career. What a disappointment and an anti-climax. Coming to this having finished a David Nicholls novel the difference in characterisation, language and overall quality is immense. Not your finest moment Richard.

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Bizzy61

Not for me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2020

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The wheel goes round and round, but it's the same wheel, charming and witty, time after time. Very boring after the first two or three chapters. Not a very good novel, but a great idea for a novel that didn't develop into one in spite of trying.
21/3/21. Revisited. Tried to give it another go. Didn't work, truly awful, do not understand on any level the 5 star reviews. Would really like to give zero stars but not possible.
29/4/22. Fail to understand why this book has so many 5-star reviews.

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