The Impossible Fortune

THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB

THURSDAY MURDER CLUB BOOK #1

Welcome to the Thursday Murder Club.

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

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

‘So smart and funny. Deplorably good’ Ian Rankin

THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE

THURSDAY MURDER CLUB BOOK #2

It’s the following Thursday.

And this time, an old colleague of Elizabeth’s needs help from the gang with some trouble involving stolen diamonds, a violent mobster and a very real threat. Can the Thursday Murder Club find the killer (and the diamonds) before the killer finds them?

‘Superbly entertaining’ Guardian

THE BULLET THAT MISSED

THURSDAY MURDER CLUB BOOK #3

It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal.

Except a decade-old cold case turns white hot, leading the gang to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Can the gang solve the mystery before the murderer strikes again?

‘Full of Osman’s trademark charm, insight and intelligence’ Lee Child

THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE

THURSDAY MURDER CLUB BOOK #4

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club.

An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and the gang springs into action to solve the mystery of who – and why. But has their luck finally run out?

‘Deeply moving … some of his best writing yet’

Daily Telegraph

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