Loved itIt's pitched as a Japanese Thursday Murder Club, which I loved that book.
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The Thursday Murder Club (2020)
Others: Leaning positive In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?
- ISBN:
- 9780241425442
- Length:
- 374 pages
Genres: mystery
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Loved it
Not a fanI thought it was so boring. I didn't like the writing and I didn't like the humor. I was so like zoned out reading this that I called it a DNF even though I did technically read it.
Not a fanI tried reading The Thursday Murder Club. I did not really enjoy it. I DNF'd it.
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Not a fanThursday Murder Club was just so boring. So boring. I really thought that we were going to get like oldie solving a murder, but man, we are just down into the nittygritty of like old these people in this like retirement home just like making up drama and getting into I just didn't care.
Loved itI read the first one about 2 years ago now and I enjoyed it. … It has such wonderful characters, great humor, a very engaging mystery, and just like a really lovely story arc through and through.
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Loved itThe Thursday Murder Club was another book that I listened to and really enjoyed.
Loved itit became one of my favorite reads of the year and I'm trying my best to squeeze the next two in before the third book comes out in September fantastic just good fun