We discuss chapters 1-32 of Richard Osman’s ‘The Thursday Murder Club‘. Joyce is the newest member of the titular club, a group of crime enthusiasts at Coopers’ Chase. When one of the retirement home’s purveyors winds up dead in his own home, the club springs into action to ensure things are solved, and also just because it’s good fun. Whether it’s getting the local police detective drunk or making a scene posing as nuns to steal case information, nothing is off the table for this gang of magical crime solving criminals.

We’re also joined by R.W.R. McDonald to talk about his latest novel, ‘Nancy Business‘. Another gang of unlikely sleuths, at the opposite end of the age and queer spectrums, set about trying to solve a horrific attack in small-town New Zealand, and we spoke to Rob about why we shouldn’t underestimate the people around us.

Check out Part Two and Part Three here!