For readers who prefer murder mysteries with more whodunit and less gory details, British author Richard Osman has a killer series for you. Five years ago, Osman introduced book lovers to a quartet of amiable, captivating characters called The Thursday Murder Club.
There are currently four titles in the series and a fifth coming out in September. The first book, The Thursday Murder Club, sold 45,000 copies its first three days. It sold a million copies in the UK the first year of its release (2020), the only book ever to do so (including J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter.). The series has sold 10 million copies worldwide as of early 2024. Steven Spielberg immediately snapped up the film rights to the series in 2020 and Netflix is releasing The Thursday Murder Club movie on Aug. 22 to theaters. It stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley.
