About the author
Richard Osman is an English novelist, television presenter, and producer. His Thursday Murder Club books bring the timing of comedy and puzzle construction to crime fiction without treating age, grief, friendship, or mortality as the joke.
Osman treats the four investigators as capable adults rather than comic props. Age changes the methods available to them, but it also gives them long memories, wide networks, and an awareness that time matters. The humor sits beside bereavement, loyalty, and the practical business of saying goodbye.
Where to start
Start with The Thursday Murder Club. Four friends in a retirement village investigate cold cases until a murder lands on their doorstep.