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Normal People A Novel
Sally Rooney · 2020
Murder Mystery

We Solve Murders
Richard Osman

The Bullet That Missed A Thursday Murder Club Mystery
Richard Osman · 2022
<b>The third installment in the beloved and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling series from Richard Osman, now streaming on Netflix<br><br>“The quartet of aging amateur sleuths…remain wonderful company.” —<i>The New York Times Book Review<br></i><br></b>It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should <i>finally</i> be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case—their favorite kind--leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers.<br><br>Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill or be killed. Suddenly the cold case has become red hot.<br><br>While Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim chase down the clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?<br><br>From an upmarket spa to a prison cell complete with espresso machine to a luxury penthouse high in the sky, this third adventure of the Thursday Murder Club is full of the cleverness, intrigue, and irresistible charm that readers have come to expect from Richard Osman’s bestselling series.<br><br><b>“<i>The Bullet That Missed</i> hits on every front.<b>” </b>—the <i>Wall Street Journal</i></b>

The Impossible Fortune A Thursday Murder Club Mystery
Richard Osman · 2025

The Last Devil to Die A Thursday Murder Club Mystery
Richard Osman · 2023

The Man Who Died Twice A Thursday Murder Club Mystery
Richard Osman · 2021
<b>The second installment in the beloved and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling series from Richard Osman, now streaming on Netflix<br><br>“It’s taken a mere two books for Richard Osman to vault into the upper leagues of crime writers<b>. . . <i>The Man Who Died Twice</i></b>. . . dives right into joyous fun."<i> <br>—The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br>Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim—the Thursday Murder Club—are still riding high off their recent real-life murder case and are looking forward to a bit of peace and quiet at Cooper’s Chase, their posh retirement village.<br><br>But they are out of luck.<br><br>An unexpected visitor—an old pal of Elizabeth’s (or perhaps more than just a pal?)—arrives, desperate for her help. He has been accused of stealing diamonds worth millions from the wrong men and he’s seriously on the lam.<br><br>Then, as night follows day, the first body is found. But not the last. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are up against a ruthless murderer who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can our four friends catch the killer before the killer catches them? And if they find the diamonds, too? Well, wouldn’t that be a bonus? You should never put anything beyond the Thursday Murder Club.<br><br>Richard Osman is back with everyone’s favorite mystery-solving quartet, and the second installment of the Thursday Murder Club series is just as clever and warm as the first—an unputdownable, laugh-out-loud pleasure of a read.

The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman · 2020
<b>A <i>New York Times</i> bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment</b><br> <br> <b>"Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining." <i>--Wall Street Journal</i></b><br> <br> <b>"Don't trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman's own laugh-out-loud whodunit." --<i>Parade</i></b><br> <br> <b>Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves</b><br> <b>A female cop with her first big case</b><br> <b>A brutal murder</b><br> <b>Welcome to...</b><br> <b>THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB</b><br> <br> In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.<br> <br> When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.<br> <br> As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?
Historical Fiction

Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks · 2016
Based on Sebastian Faulks's international bestselling novel, Birdsong tells the story of a soldier haunted by his past. As a young man, Stephen Wraysford was caught up in an all-consuming love affair in Amiens, France. As the First World War unfolds, Stephen finds himself pulled closer and closer back to Amiens, back to the Valley of the Somme. This is a tale of one man's quest to understand how far mankind can go and still call itself human. This powerful and compelling story about courage, love, friendship and loss is brought to the stage for the fi rst time in a version by Rachel Wagstaff.
Japanese Fiction

Before the Coffee Gets Cold A Novel
Toshikazu Kawaguchi · 2020
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The Creative Act
Rick Rubin · 2025
