#will still imagine penelope wilton to be joyce when I read the books

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You are looking for a cozy murder mystery that takes place in a retirement village and where the main protagonists are over 70? Then this book is a must read for you :

“The Thursday Murder Club” by Richard Osman

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.

But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case.

Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.

Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late?

The story itself is not really nail-biting but there are some (surprising) twists & turns and it´s fun to read because of all the loveable characters, who easily grow to your heart and who make you want to join the Murder Club yourself.

I stumbled over this book by accident because a lot of people said, that, if there´s ever going to be a movie (finger crossed) they think Penelope Wilton should play Joyce. Obviously I had to check this out. And yes, Penny has to play Joyce! I can totally picture her writing diary and baking cakes. Also,Joyce partly narrates the story, which means Penny would have to narrate it too and Joyce is simply a sweetheart. In other words: Penny is perfect for this role! 😊

As for the other characters, I could imagine Patricia Routledge playing Elizabeth (maybe because of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates?) but since Elizabeth is a bit of a wild child I could also see Alison Steadman playing her.

There´s a also a lovely female detective, could see Angela Griffin playing her and Joyce´s daughter could be played by Diane Morgan.

As for the male characters, I couldn´t care less who plays them. Don´t care for real men,so why should I care for fictional ones ;-) (Also,no face or name really popped up when I read the book)

Maybe you´ve already read it, who would you cast?