Sarah Louise Harvey: I really enjoyed this book, in fact I have already bought the second book in the series. It made me laugh out loud. The characters were beautifully portrayed and it was well written.
Italy on Mar 08, 2024
Mellowbee: The cast of characters is delightful. The intrigue leaves you guessing until the end. I devoured this series and can’t wait for the next book!
United States on Mar 01, 2024
Barbara Wells: If you like cozy mysteries add this (and it’s 3 further adventures) to your reading list. I totally enjoyed the characters, retirees living in an independent living complex, and how they deal with new technology, aging issues and changes in generational norms, while going about solving a murder or two. Witty, relatable, and definitely not saccharine!
United States on Feb 22, 2024
ALBERTO LOPEZ: Es un tema simpático por el grupo de gente mayor que resuelve los casos. Además puedo practicar el inglés
Mexico on Feb 08, 2024
#EmptyNestReader:
Four pensioners, all living in the same retirement home, have formed a tight friendship group. With varying backgrounds they each bring different knowledge from their previous lives, yet the one thing Elizabeth, Joyce, John and Ibrahim can all relate to are the challenges of being old. Although there are many group activities available at the Coopers Chase Retirement Village, these 4 have formed their own group which they have dubbed “The Thursday Murder Club”. The reason for the unusual title is their joint delight in reviewing old, unsolved murder cases (one of the members had access to these files prior to retiring) and discussing how to solve them.
Things take a dramatically different turn when a local property developer, one who was involved in the creation of their own retirement village, is murdered in his home. Now the Thursday Murder Club has a real case to solve. Their biggest challenge is inserting themselves into the official police investigation, both in order to obtain information that the Club needs and so that the Club can help the police by sharing what they have uncovered.
A very quick read, the chapters are short ( there are...
United States on Jan 29, 2024
LS Speech: This was an easy but engaging read. Endearing characters.
Canada on Jan 21, 2024
Enjoys good books: I liked the book. There were 4 major characters - all quite interesting and different. Takes place in a retirement village which sounds very idyllic compared to the reality of most of them. The plot has many twists and turns and seems to have many paths thrown in to add to the word count of the book. Reads like a made for TV series - perhaps that is what the author wanted. I may read the next one. It’s well written but confusing at first - takes awhile to get to where the story is supposed to go. I’d give it a C+ - I finished it. We read it for Book Club and mostly had positive reviews. It’s not great lit but entertaining. Could be shorter - in need of better editing.
United States on Dec 28, 2023
Beth I-L:
4.5 stars…I ended up really enjoying this book, finding it vastly entertaining. That’s a great thing to say about a book I nearly DNFed a couple times at the start. Once it really got started I was all in. The last part of the book is one of the best mystery denouements I’ve ever read.
At the start I was thrown by the different fonts and font sizes, and the switch in narrative voice. I am generally not a fan of third person narration in present tense…it just seems too much like “telling instead of showing” and comes off as amateurish. And swapping that with Joyce’s first person diary writing kept me off kilter. After a while the voice adjustments settled, the switch in fonts made more sense (though thank goodness for an ereader where I could enlarge the font in those diary sections!) and it seemed to me the writing got better. Could be my imagination or maybe me adjusting, but it seemed to come off less like “telling.”
The book is long, very long, and at first that was another thing that was off putting because so much seemed extraneous. That turned out not to be true and by the time I was truly invested I understood better. The...
United States on Feb 01, 2023
Mariana Hagemann: Livro chegou rápido e muito bem embalado. A leitura é super gostosa e flui muito bem. Plot divertido, engraçado. Ótimo pra treinar o inglês. Já quero o 2!
Brazil on Nov 15, 2022
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Munich2023: All the characters are wonderful. The humour is like medicine. Can’t recommend these books highly enough. Treat yourself to an afternoon with Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim.
Germany on Mar 15, 2024