Richard Osman is a very clever man and he has managed to create a murder mystery that initially seems very light weight, but is actually quite complex. I ended up reading this book twice, because by the time I got to the end, I knew I hadn't paid anywhere near enough attention to the detail, and I didn't have all the threads neatly tied away. Every chapter contains important details that help the reader understand the outcome, and to get the most out of the book you really have to read it carefully. The Thursday Murder Club is a small group of people who live in a retirement home, and as two of the members had previously been employed in detective work, they spent time going back over old unsolved cases trying to find the answers. Over time more people got involved and the club pretty much formed itself. The members were happy enough with their old case files until they found themselves in the midst of an on-going police investigation into the murder of a ...