Thursday Murder Club Books in Order
All the Thursday Murder Club mysteries in order, Richard Osman's cozy crime series about four retirees who solve murders.
The Thursday Murder Club series follows Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron, four residents of a retirement village in Kent who meet each week to look into unsolved cases, until a real murder happens on their doorstep.
Each book has its own mystery, but the characters' lives carry on from book to book.
5 books by Richard Osman, in publication order.
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The books in order
- 1
The Thursday Murder Club (2020)
Four retirees who investigate cold cases for fun take on a real murder in their village.
- 2
The Man Who Died Twice (2021)
- 3
The Bullet That Missed (2022)
- 4
The Last Devil to Die (2023)
- 5
The Impossible Fortune (2025)
Best Reading Order
Read in order. Each mystery is solved within its own book, but friendships, relationships and some heavier storylines develop across the series, and later books assume you know what came before.
Is We Solve Murders Part of the Series?
No. We Solve Murders (2024) starts a separate Richard Osman series with new characters. You can read it before, after or between the Thursday Murder Club books.
Looking for something similar once you've finished? Browse the read-alike lists or the other series guides.