So you’re in your mid-50s, you’ve got a great career going as a television personality in Great Britain, so what might be enjoyable to do next? Why write a hugely successful series of mysteries of course. And that is what Richard Osman has done. His novel The Thursday Murder Club is about four bold septuagenarian friends who meet to discuss about unsolved crimes in their retirement village. The Man Who Died Twice and The Bullet That Missed are two riveting extensions of The Thursday Murder Club. Osman talks about casting the film adaptation of his novels and how his mother’s retirement village in England inspired his writing process. The independent bookstore this week is 27th Letter Books and we talk to Erin Pineda, the owner about their incredible story of survival.

Books mentioned in the podcast:

• The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
• The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
• Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
• One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Scorpionfish by Natalie Bakopoulos
• Gag Reflex by Elle Nash
• Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment by Parker Curry, Jessica Curry and Brittany Jackson
• Crescenciana: An Art Book and Memoir by Crescenciana Tan + Kenneth Tan

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