Part of Thursday Murder Club
First published 2021
Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron gather every Thursday in their quiet retirement village to pore over cold cases and unsolved crimes. The four friends relish picking apart police files and theorizing about long-forgotten murders. Their weekly hobby becomes deadly serious when someone is brutally killed right outside their doors. Suddenly the Thursday Murder Club faces a live investigation with real stakes and fresh evidence. The four retirees may be approaching eighty, but they possess sharp minds and decades of life experience. Elizabeth brings her mysterious past, Joyce her keen observations, Ibrahim his analytical mind, and Ron his street wisdom. As they dig deeper into the case, they discover their age might be an advantage rather than a hindrance. The killer assumes these elderly residents pose no threat, but that miscalculation could prove fatal. The four friends must use every skill they have learned over their long lives to solve the murder before the trail goes cold or another victim falls.
Genres: fiction, humor, mystery, crime, contemporary, adult-fiction
Vibes: charming, clever, heartfelt, suspenseful, warm, witty
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, ensemble-cast, found-family, unlikely-heroes
Setting: retirement-village
Period: contemporary
384 pages · Paperback · Penguin
Content warnings: murder