#blurb
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.
Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.
Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it’s too late?
#review
Loved it!!!! More British than fish and chips. More murderous than Midsummer Murders. And more entertaining than well… not reading this really.
The crime solving characters are clear, sharp and delightful from the beginning. You can immediately relate to people you know; the manner of speech, the ways of being, and the true cheek of which only really comes to those who have spent a number of years on this planet in this said country.
The murder itself is quintessentially ‘gangster’ which has been thrown into this ye olde world of the retirement community residents. It allows these pensioner sleuths to show off their skills and give the police a running whilst they are at it.
From what I have written so far you would think the book is full of dark laughs and giggles, this is not always the case. Real issues rear their head and are dealt with carefully and sensitively, but they are not swept under the carpet or lessened in any way. And so showing them running through peoples lives just in the same way they do in the ‘real world’. Dementia, loss of a life partner, loneliness. This enriches the read and quite really qualifies it as quite an excellent book all round.
Wholly recommended, not just to crime fiction fans, but to any one who enjoys a jolly good read!
Verdict: 5 stars
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