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By Richard Osman

Series: The Thursday Murder Club

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Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing... Read More

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Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan?

It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal.

But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who's in trouble, kidnap and death are hot on their heels once more. A villain wants access to an uncrackable code, and will stop at nothing to get it. Plunged back into action once more, can the gang solve the puzzle and a murder in time?

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The Impossible Fortune

Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal. But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who's in...

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The Impossible Fortune

The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling, record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman \"A wedding. A code. A murder. Time is ticking . . . Your move.\" It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is...

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241743997

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Viking

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 432

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About the Author

Richard Osman is an author, producer and television presenter. His first four novels, The Thursday Murder Club, The Man Who Died Twice and The Bullet That Missed were multi-million-copy record-breaking bestsellers around the world. We Solve Murders is the first book in a new series featuring a family detective duo. He lives in London with his wife, Ingrid, and their cat Liesl.

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The third book in the record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series from British national treasure Richard Osman. It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and...

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The fourth book in the record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series from British national treasure Richard Osman. Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action, they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters, and drug dealers, as well...

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