In the week leading up to 19 December, it sold 134,514 copies, making it the first debut novel ever to be Christmas number one. As of 8 September, it had been sold in 16 countries. It sold 45,000 copies in its first three days on sale and became a Sunday Times number one bestseller. The book was published on 3 September 2020. Īfter a 10-way publishing auction, Penguin Random House acquired the rights to The Thursday Murder Club and its sequel The Man Who Died Twice for a seven-figure sum in 2019. He wrote the book over 18 months in secret. Osman's inspiration for the book came from a visit he made to an upmarket retirement village. It was published on 3 September 2020 by Viking Press, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House.Ī group of pensioners (Elizabeth Best Ron Ritchie Joyce Meadowcroft and Ibrahim Arif) set about solving the mystery of the murder of a property developer in the luxurious Cooper's Chase retirement village near the fictitious village of Fairhaven in Kent. The Thursday Murder Club is the debut novel by Pointless and House of Games presenter Richard Osman, and is the first instalment in his "Thursday Murder Club" series.
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