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The Thursday Murder Club
At Coopers Chase, a luxury retirement village in the Kentish Weald, four residents meet every Thursday in the Jigsaw Room to pick apart old murder files. Elizabeth will not say what she used to do. Joyce has a diary, a nurse's eye, and cake. Ibrahim brings the psychiatrist's notebook. Ron brings the union-hall volume. When a killing happens on their doorstep — and then another — the club gets the live case they have been practicing for. Funny, twisty, and sneakily sad about memory, friendship, and who still gets taken seriously after seventy.
“We have forgotten our manners, Detective Chief Inspector. We haven't offered you any cake.”
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The Thursday Murder Club This or That
Answer in under three seconds. No wrong answers — only revealing ones.
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Rapid fire (60 seconds)
Read these aloud as fast as the group can shout answers.
- 1. Lemon drizzle, already sliced or A pot of strong tea?
- 2. The Jigsaw Room or The village swimming pool?
- 3. A three-piece suit or A West Ham tattoo?
- 4. A weekly diary or A nightly memory quiz?
- 5. Manila murder files or A half-finished jigsaw?
- 6. Chess with Stephen or Cake with Joyce?
- 7. The residents' bus into Fairhaven or A lift from Bogdan?
- 8. Lounge chairs at the gate or The back path into the graves?
- 9. A Thursday note under the door or A letter taped to Bernard's door?
- 10. Wordsworth balcony or A bench on the hill?