Auckland Council Libraries: If you like Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series

If you like Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series

Whether you like the cosy crime aspect of this series, or quirky older characters, have we got some recommendations for you!

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An elderly lady is up to no good

Helene Tursten

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Maud is an irascible and bold 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and no qualms about a little murder. When a dead body is found in Maud's apartment by local authorities after many misadventures, will she finally become a suspect?

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A grand old time

Judy Leigh

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Evie regrets her hasty move into a Dublin care home. So she buys a camper van and heads off to Europe on a Great Adventure with son Brendan in pursuit following her trail of puzzling text messages. He may have given up on life and love, but not Evie!

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Arsenic and adobo

Mia P. Manansala

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Lila must save her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant and deal with matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a nasty food critic/ex-boyfriend drops dead, her life swerves from a Nora Ephron romp to an Agatha Christie case.

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Dial A for Aunties

Jesse Q. Sutanto

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What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue!

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The hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared

Jonas Jonasson

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Allan Karlsson makes a getaway from his one-hundredth birthday party and runs into cops, robbers and a suitcase full of cash. The remarkable and unlikely roles he's played in the momentous events of the twentieth century are revealed as he runs.

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Killers of a certain age

Deanna Raybourn

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Billie, Mary Alice, Helen and Natalie have worked for an elite network of assassins, for 40 years. But they know too much to retire - now it's kill or be killed. To get out alive they'll have to turn against their own, and rely only on each other.

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The lido

Libby Page

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Meet Rosemary, 86, and Kate, 26: dreamers, campaigners, outdoor swimmers... When the Brixton lido is threatened with closure, they must make a stand together and show that the pool is more than just a place to swim - it's the heart of the community.

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The Lonely Hearts Cinema Club

David M. Barnett

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Quirky private nursing home Sunset Promenade is in trouble. Managed by eccentric twins Barry and Garry, EU funding has dried up post-Brexit and the residents are anxious. Could providing accommodation to uni students kill two birds with one stone?

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Marion Lane and the midnight murder

Tess Amy Willberg

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1958: a filing assistant receives a letter of warning, detailing a name, a time, and a place. She finds the room empty but is murdered by a killer she can't see. Inquirer-in-training Marion must investigate when her colleague is framed for the crime.

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The Nancys

R. W. R. (Rob W. R.) McDonald

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Hilarious murder mystery set in a small NZ town that style forgot. 11-year-old Tippy Chan, her Uncle Pike and his boyfriend Devon team up as the Nancys to investigate her teacher’s unexpected death. The fun continues in Book 2 - 'Nancy Business'.

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The one-in-a-million boy

Monica Wood

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104-year-old Ona Vitkus lives quietly, her secrets fiercely protected. The boy who visits changes all that. When the boy stops coming and his father visits instead, Ona has not only odd jobs to be done, but also her life's ambition to complete.

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Peg and Rose solve a murder

Laurien Berenson

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Rose Donovan looks for the good in everyone. Sister-in-law, Peg - not so much. After 40 years of bickering, they're partnering up to join the local bridge club. When one of the club's best players is killed, it’s time to dig together for clues.

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The reluctant fortune-teller

Keziah Frost

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73-year-old Norbert is broke and alone except for his Chihuahua. When three seniors hatch up a scheme to turn him into the town’s fortune-teller, he finds his life changing in unexpected ways. And then a client goes missing after a bad reading…

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The Rosie project

Graeme C. Simsion

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Don Tillman has designed the Wife Project, using a 16-page questionnaire to help him find the perfect partner. She will most definitely not be a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver. Fiery and intelligent Rosie is all these things.

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The sweetness at the bottom of the pie

Alan Bradley

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June 1950, a sleepy English village – a body is found in Colonel de Luce’s cucumber patch. Flavia, his dangerously smart 11-year-old daughter with a passion for chemistry gets on the case. Book #1 of this darkly playful historical mystery series.

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The Windsor knot

S. J. (Sophia J.) Bennett

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Windsor Castle, 2016. The Queen has been living a double life for decades, secretly solving cases behind the scenes as an amateur detective. When one of her birthday party guests is found dead in the palace, it’s up to the Queen to find the killer.

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Book list by:

Anne Coppell.

Annie

LibrarianHelensville Library

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