Those coming to the peaceful retirement village might expect to see out their days in the tranquility of the countryside. However, a group form calling themselves the Thursday Murder Club, putting their pooled skills into studying unsolved mysteries. However, they find themselves in the middle of a live case involving the village itself. The four are in their seventies but have ways to find the murderer which outmatch the police.
Richard Osman is a highly intelligent television personality and peppers the story with wit and comedic charm. However, central to the denouement is the affair of a priest and nun, which is at the core of the solution. Other than that detail, the book provides an easy read and is a simple story without any special depth. The storyline is satisfactory but not especially
clever.