Thursday murder club

I’ve read the first three books and waiting for my daughter to pass on the fourth . I’ve enjoyed them , easy reading and I like the main characters.
I’m surprised that the books haven’t been turned into a TV series . I imagine Julie waters as Joyce and Celia Imri as Elizabeth. I did think Dennis Waterman could play Ron but he’s dead now.
I also like the Strike books but they’re a different animal , gritty and dark .

Anyone who thinks that celebrities can’t write, try a Graham Norton novel. I think he’s written about four, I’ve read two so far and thought they were both excellent.

I love all of these books and very unusually for me have read them all 3 times - each time I find something new in them!
The only other book I have read loads in Kane and Able by Jeffrey Archer that can make me cry every time I read it.

What are the strike books please?

I'm on the third book and so far enjoying it as much as the previous two can't wait to start number 4!

Not my sort of book at all ...

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Susan56

I’ve really enjoyed them all and controversial maybe but preferred them to the Marlow Murder Club😉They are lightweight but sometimes lightweight is what you need.

Totally agree Susan

Agree, seems some posters expect War And Peace tho.

rowyn

I certainly would not call the books drivel, but I would suggest that it's written in a very simple basic style, more suited for children than adults.
( I'm referring to 'it' becasue I've only read the first bok._)

For xhildren? Just laughable.

I certainly would not call the books drivel, but I would suggest that it's written in a very simple basic style, more suited for children than adults.
( I'm referring to 'it' becasue I've only read the first bok._)

I've not read the latest book yet - waiting for it to come out in paper-back, but I loved the others. I think Richard Ossman writes well and good for him having all his books in the best seller lists for so long is all I can say!!

I battled my way through book one, which I thought was clunky, then ended up with books three and four as presents! DD said she would lend me book two, but I’m not pressing her.

Susan56

I’ve really enjoyed them all and controversial maybe but preferred them to the Marlow Murder Club😉They are lightweight but sometimes lightweight is what you need.

Totally agree Susan

Susieq62

I think each book was better than the last and book four touched on very important details. I really enjoyed it and would happily live in a residential unit like that .

Yeah me too and am nowhere like old enough to be allowed to live there.😁
Posters may not have liked the plot or the characters but just can’t get away with saying it’s drivel or badly written as it really isn’t.
I loved the books but also love authors such as Kate Atkinson, Anthony Doerr and Barbara Kingsolver, Hilary Mantel and David Mitchell, see what I’m saying here? I wouldn’t read his books if they were badly written.They’re a light easy read while still being well written.And no, am not on his payroll 😆

Petall, - absolutely IMO.., but t hen I kind of assumed that everyone is expressing their own opinion - it wouldn't be much of a forum, if not.

The 'murder mystery' aspect is only a very small part of what's going on. His understanding of later life in England is beyond OK.

Fabulous book all round - would recommend it to anyone. PS would love to live at Coopers Chase but suspect I'm not the income bracket...

Well I just picked this book up in our treasure tip shop for 50p, haven't started it yet as I'm working my way through an Edna O'Brian book. I find Richard Osman irritating - only saw him once on Have I Got News for You - that was enough, but thought I would try the book when I saw it buried in the discarded books section - only because it seemed to have good reviews on Amazon, thought it might make a change. :-)

I think each book was better than the last and book four touched on very important details. I really enjoyed it and would happily live in a residential unit like that .

Slow Horses by MickHerron series are fantastic as is the series on Apple TV starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas. I read TheThursday Murder Club when it first came out. It was very light reading and a bit formulaic in my view.A lot of celebrities are into writing novels, many better writers have to endure rejection after rejection.Not everyone is a good writer.

I loved it, and his turn of phrase. Have you tried the 'Slow Horses' series? I believe there is now a TV version of it.

I too gave up on the first one. It was very boring. I like a book to grab me on the first page.

Totally agree with Rowyn - a lot of hype just because he's a celebrity. I thought the first book was such absolutely drivel and so badly written that I never wasted time on the others. If he's so clever surely he knows this himself and I think he is having a laugh at his readers. Can't stand him on 'Pointless' either.

I read the first one but didn't like the style or find it particularly well written or engaging. We are all different in our taste in books and RO's books are enjoyed by many. However, I feel sorry for struggling authors who see "celebrity" books flying off the shelves. Celebrity and all its attendant publicity is an easy route into being a best seller in today's celeb-obsessed world.

I have read all four and thoroughly enjoyed them all. I find his observations very funny and his characters remind me of people I know. It is good to have easy to read books sometimes.

I’ve very recently read the first book which was passed on to me. I enjoyed it. I know it’s not a masterpiece of literature, but I found it engaging enough and an easy read. I will look out for the later ones. We are not all going to like exactly the same books, of course, and sometimes, too, I find a book suits me at a particular time but not another, depending on my mood.

@ shysal
I didn't enjoy the first one either, so I, too, will not be reading any more