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If I like The Thursday Murder Club

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StrikeandRobin · 20/09/2022 18:24

What else will I like? I’ve struggled with many books recently, manage a few chapters then leave them for weeks unread, but the Richard Osman books I can read without wanting to put them down.
I even struggled a bit with the latest Strike saga tbh, despite waiting impatiently for it arrive!

Can anyone recommend something as easy readable as Osman please?
TIA.

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bakehimawaytoys · 21/09/2022 07:51

Oh and Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz is brilliant too! A detective story within a detective story - very clever.

bakehimawaytoys · 21/09/2022 07:50

The Anthony Horowitz series that starts with The Word is Murder is very good. They are ostensibly about a detective called Hawthorne but are written as true crime novels with Horowitz as the narrator.

I also saw that Liz Truss (of Eats Shoots and Leaves) has written one which is branded exactly the same as the Richard Osman books so is probably similar.

SofiaAmes · 21/09/2022 06:08

I am loving the Whistable Pearl series (that the tv series is based on) by Julie Wassmer and Victoria Thompson's Gaslight Mysteries Series (takes place in NYC at the turn of the century) and Victoria Thompson's Counterfit Lady Series and Rhys Bowen's Molly Murphy Series and Royal Spyness Series. Not as sophisticated as Thursday Mysteries, but great historical mystery fun.

Dougieowner · 21/09/2022 05:58

Agatha Raisin.

Very light-hearted and based around my area of the Cotswolds.
Lots of books in the series.

ChessieFL · 21/09/2022 05:28

Try The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood. There’s a sequel out soon.

ByTheNine · 20/09/2022 22:17

The Jackson Brodie books by Kate Atkinson have a similar pace and tone. There are five I think so would keep you going for a bit

Gettingbythanks · 20/09/2022 22:12

Death and Croissants by Ian Moore

A Spoonful Of Murder by J.M. Hall

Murder Before Evensong by Rev. Richard Coles

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StrikeandRobin · 20/09/2022 18:55

Finished it last night @TakeMeToYourLiar
Glad to see he is writing a 4th but not out until this time next year!

Thanks for the suggestion @Hopeandlove I will go and Google.

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Hopeandlove · 20/09/2022 18:26

Agatha frost I like the peridale series

TakeMeToYourLiar · 20/09/2022 18:25

Have you read the most recent osman? Only came out last week