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Richard Osman

The Impossible Fortune Paperback By Richard Osman

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Released: 7th May 2026. 'An irresistible series' LEE CHILD ‘Funny, clever, compelling’ HARLAN COBEN 'Richard Osman seems incapable of missing' THE TIMES ----- "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 still providing therapy to his favourite criminal. But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who fears for their life, the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. A villain wants access to an uncrackable code and will stop at nothing to get it. Plunged back into their most explosive investigation yet, can the gang solve the puzzle and a murder in time? The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling, record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman ----- Praise for Richard Osman and the Thursday Murder Club series ‘Brilliantly suspenseful’ JEFFERY DEAVER ‘Deplorably good’ IAN RANKIN ‘I smiled a million times’ MARIAN KEYES ‘Warm, wise and witty’ VAL MCDERMID ‘Osman just gets better’ SHARI LAPENA 'The thing that shines through in Osman’s writing is that he really likes people and revels in all their foibles and eccentricities . . . a delightful read' OBSERVER ‘The rightful king of crime’i PAPER ‘The biggest new fiction author of the decade’ GUARDIAN 'Underestimate him at your own peril' INDEPENDENT 'Puts his finger on the deepest yearnings of our contemporary age' SUNDAY TIMES 464 pages

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  • Details

    Released:
    7th May 2026
    Format:
    Book
    Barcode:
    9781405975735
  • Description

    'An irresistible series' LEE CHILD

    ‘Funny, clever, compelling’ HARLAN COBEN

    'Richard Osman seems incapable of missing' THE TIMES


    -----

    "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 still providing therapy to his favourite criminal.

    But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who fears for their life, the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. A villain wants access to an uncrackable code and will stop at nothing to get it. Plunged back into their most explosive investigation yet, can the gang solve the puzzle and a murder in time?

    The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling, record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman

    -----


    Praise for Richard Osman and the Thursday Murder Club series

    ‘Brilliantly suspenseful’ JEFFERY DEAVER

    ‘Deplorably good’ IAN RANKIN

    ‘I smiled a million times’ MARIAN KEYES

    ‘Warm, wise and witty’ VAL MCDERMID

    ‘Osman just gets better’ SHARI LAPENA

    'The thing that shines through in Osman’s writing is that he really likes people and revels in all their foibles and eccentricities . . . a delightful read' OBSERVER

    ‘The rightful king of crime’i PAPER

    ‘The biggest new fiction author of the decade’ GUARDIAN

    'Underestimate him at your own peril' INDEPENDENT

    'Puts his finger on the deepest yearnings of our contemporary age' SUNDAY TIMES

    464 pages
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