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The Thursday Murder Club

You'll enjoy these titles because: Join our cozy mystery book club to discuss "The Thursday Murder Club" by Richard Osman on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, from 6:00 - 7:00 pm at the Van Belkum Branch. Looking for more lighthearted mysteries, charmingly quirky characters, or stories that blend humor with a hint of suspense? Check out more similar reads!

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  • "The characters are all hiding something and they’re great…though not as great as Vera." - Sarah S.
    Book, 2023New York : Berkley, [2023] — Fiction Sutanto
  • One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, 77-year-old crossword-setter Judith Potts witnesses a brutal murder. When the local police don’t believe her story, Judith and two unlikely friends decide to investigate for themselves.
    Book, 2022Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2022] — Mystery Thorogood
  • After Jodie ‘Nosey' Parker quits her job at the Met to move back home to Cornwall, raise her daughter in a safe place, and open a catering company. Unfortunately, her very first job has her catering for her ex-boyfriend's wedding, and it only gets…
    eBook, 2021[United States] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2021. — eBook hoopla
  • Retired nurse, avid gardener, and renowned cake maker Miss Hortense has lived in Bigglesweigh, a quiet suburb of Birmingham, England, since she emigrated from Jamaica in 1960. A career in nursing has made her an expert in deciphering other people’s…
    Book, 2025New York : Pantheon Books, 2025. — Mystery Pennant
  • Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that’s their secret weapon. They’ve spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they’re sixty years old, four women friends can’t just retire…
    Book, 2022New York : Berkley, [2022] — Fiction Raybourn
  • "Molly Gray is living her dream, working at her hotel ensuring their guests have crisp clean sheets, freshly vacuumed carpets, and the pillow chocolate precisely placed. Until one of the guests is murdered, and Molly Gray is the prime suspect. Molly…
    Book, 2022New York : Ballantine Books, [2022] — Fiction Prose
  • A real estate agent’s death sends shockwaves through the idyllic town of St. Denis, leading Bruno, Chief of Police, to suspect that there’s more to this tragedy than meets the eye.
    eBook, 20252025.
  • "When an expert on murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a murder mystery, you're in for some fun. If you like an intrusive narrator I think you'll enjoy this one!" - Andrea C.
    Book, 2023New York : Mariner Books, [2023] — Fiction Stevenson
  • A society matchmaker realizes she’s in danger when her clients’ weddings are sabotaged in increasingly disturbing ways.
    Book, 2025New York : Bantam, [2025] — Mystery Saeed
  • Maud is old. Her friends and family are all dead and she is happy in her solitude. But then her neighbours start to interfere with her way of life. Maud has no choice but to take action.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Soho Crime, 2018. — Mystery Tursten
  • 77-year-old Mimi and her grand-daughter are the unlikely sleuths in this fun murder mystery. When the hostess is killed at a fancy cocktail party thrown - quickly followed by one of the guests, the pair race to find the killer before a third murder…
    Book, 2025New York : Dutton, 2025. — Mystery Mullen
  • While this new series from Osman has a different feel from The Thursday Murder Club books, it does have the same wit and warmth. Our detectives this time are father- and daughter-in-law Steve and Amy, who become embroiled in murder after a dead body…
    Book, 2024[New York] : Pamela Dorman Books, Viking, 2024. — Mystery Osman
  • The Dinner Lady Detectives

    A Charming British Village Cosy Mystery

    Hendy, Hannah
    Is there anything more British than a dinner lady? In this novel, dinner ladies Margery and Clementine are looking forward to their retirement. However, when their kitchen manager is found dead in the freezer, their lives take an unexpected turn.…
    eBook, 20212021.
  • A retired serial killer's quiet life is upended by an unexpected visitor. To protect her secret, there's only one option left—what's another murder?
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley, [2025] — Fiction Downing
  • Crotchety archivist Agatha Dorn is an expert on Gladden Green, author of a bestselling mystery series featuring the Poirot-like Père Flambeau. After she's passed over for a promotion, Dorn discovers the manuscript of an unpublished Flambeau novella…
    Book, 2025London : Pushkin Vertigo, 2025. — Mystery Spencer
  • Sixty-something former nun like Rose Donovan has her limits, and gruff sister-in-law Peg Turnbull sure knows how to push them. But after forty years of bickering, they’re attempting to start over, partnering up to join the local bridge club. Peg and…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2022. — Mystery Berenson