A retirement home is not where you would normally expect to find a quartet of crimefighters. Coopers Chase Retirement Village is one such place, except they are one member short. Elizabeth (who was something in security) recruits Joyce, a former nurse to join The Thursday Murder Club. Together with retired psychiatrist Ibramhim and former scourge of the unions Ron they pore over old cold cases provided by one time member Penny who is now in Meadowlands - a reminder that death stalks this place.
Right now the case they're working on is hotter than one of Joyce's steak and kidney pies, a local murder, possible celebrity involvment and ties to a shady property deal that is set to oust some of the oldest residents sets off a chain of events even Elizabeth couldn't have foreseen. Aided by the local police in the shape of PC Donna De Freitas and her boss Chris and Bogdan, the builder who can fix anything, the four oldies set about exposing a murderer in this cross between Waiting for God and Murder She Wrote. Funny, poignant with some unexpectedly emotional jabs for such a fun book and a damn good mystery to boot.
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