THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB is about four retired senior citizens who work on unsolved cases at their retirement village. Penny, one of the founders of the club, was once a detective and has kept some of the files from unsolved cases. She is out of action, however, as she is dealing with
Alzheimers. Elizabeth, a domineering sort, has now taken command.

When Tony Curran, construction foreman for a developer, is murdered, Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim, now have an opportunity to deal with an active case. Elizabeth finagles Constable Donna De Freitas onto the murder investigation. She becomes a rather reluctant source of information for the team. In short order another person is murdered: Ian Ventham, who had been the team's suspect in the Curran murder. He's a developer who wants to expand Coopers Chase Retirement Village, including digging up the attached cemetery where nuns who once lived in the former convent are buried.

Richard Osman then goes on a rather convoluted path, eliminating suspect after suspect. At one point one of Ventham's underlings digs up a body in the cemetery that shouldn't be there. It is lying on top of a casket that contains another body.

One of the suspects is a priest. When Elizabeth corners him, he delivers the most touching past in the book. Yes, he had a reason for wanting the cemetery preserved, but that's not what haunts him.

I must confess I still don't know who was buried atop that casket. There is a denouement with a lot of denial going on. It hits home with the four amateur investigators, and they're reluctant to accuse anybody.