The Last Devil to Die: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery: [Audiobook]

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#1 New York Times bestseller!

A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in theThursday Murder Clubseries from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman

Thebest Murder Club book yet. . . Apoignant complement to both the fair-play mystery plot and the characters lively humor.
The New York Times Book Review

We Solve Murders, a new series from Richard Osman, coming September 17

It's rarely a quiet day for the Thursday Murder Club.

Shocking news reaches theman old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing.

The gang's search leads them into the antiques business, where the tricks of the trade are as old as the objects themselves. As they encounter drug dealers, art forgers, and online fraudstersas well as heartache close to homeElizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim have no idea whom to trust.

With the body count rising, the clock ticking down, and trouble firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out

And who will be the last devil to die

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Praise for The Last Devil to Die:

Skulduggery and laughs abound as our favorite gaggle of amateur-detective retirees tackle drug runners, dodgy antique dealers, art forgers and Battenberg cake recipes.
People

Thebest Murder Club book yet. . . Apoignant complement to both the fair-play mystery plot and the characters lively humor.
New York Times Book Review

So whatisit about theThursday Murder Clubbooks that make them so broadly appealing The simple answer is that they arereallygood. The writing is pithy and fresh, so much so that I kept writing down lines from The Last Devil To Die. . . But theres more than just quotable sentences at work here. Osmans plots play fair with the reader, carefully placing 'red herrings' to fool the reader into picking the wrong possible murder suspecta gambit that has improved with each successive book. The endings feel both inevitable and earned: the exact combination one wants in a good mystery. . . Osmans greatest strength is fusing the puzzle-mastery of Christie and her Golden Age peers with emotional earnestness and wry humor.
Esquire

There may be other aged detectives in print and on television,but for wit, intelligence and humanity, the Thursday Murder Club outranks them all.
Wall Street Journal

While author Richard Osman will be moving on to write a second series, he assured me (and the many other readers who are similarly invested) that hell return to the funny, sweet stories of my favorite retirement home sleuths. The Last Devil to Die is a beautiful send-off that will get us through the wait."
Elle

Richard Osmans books are a slyly sophisticated bunch, boasting emotional development equal to the memorable mysteries. . .Thursday Murder Club mystery stands up well on its own, but given the richness of character and relationships, as a set, theyre bloody brilliant.
NPR

Osman doesnt disappoint Everything is here that fans of the series have come to expect: humour, warmth, the confounding of expectations as these pensioners investigate Along with the laughs, there is grief, and an ending that is handled sensitively (I was weeping) We all need a regular injection of the Thursday Murder Club to keep our spirits up.
The Guardian

Richard Osman returns with an enchanting fourth installment of his retirement village mystery series. . .Osman takes readers on an emotional journey, penning a story that deals with love, life and dementia, for a softer, more thoughtful tale than previous books in the series. I found myself tearing up at times, so maybe keep a box of tissues nearby.
Seattle Times

The Last Devil to Die is equal parts well-plotted mystery, scintillating repartee and deep reflection on what it means to love and live.
BookPage, starred review

I cannot think of another series with a more moving exploration of love after a lifetime together, and The Last Devil To Die reduced me to tears at more than one point.
The Christian Science Monitor

What is truly special in the books are the characters, whose age allows for a beautiful kind of interaction For all the fizz of jokes and romance, the books carry with them a sense of grief and sadness which becomes much stronger in The Last Devil to DieThe kindness is his books comes out of something greater for Osman. Its how he wants the world to be and its how he thinks the world is, if only we could realize it.
Town & Country

Incredibly clever, with some deeply poignant scenes and laugh-out-loud shenanigans from the elderly friends, this fourth entry in the series is chaotically funOsmanweaves numerous plot lines, both tragic and hilarious, into an irresistible novel, perfect for fans of Mrs. Pollifax or Miss Marple.
Shelf Awareness

The latest adventure of the Thursday Murder Club is also its best...Even if the mysteries weren't absorbing which they are Osman's books, likeAlexander McCall Smith's, would work simply because it's such fun to spend time with these people.What sets Devil apart from its predecessors is the deftness and humor with whichOsmanconfronts a subject that's completely not funny: dementia...In the end, the murder club books are not really about crime but about friendship and finding ways to stay involved in life.
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Delivers the same kind of clever dialogue, colorful characters and corkscrew plotting that made the other books so much fun As you reach the last chapters of this book, youll think youve figured out the mystery. Youll think so several times. ButOsmanand the Thursday Murder Club will keep the surprises coming.
Tampa Bay Times

Its impossible to resist Osmans quartet of septuagenarian crime solvers, so go ahead and give in to the Thursday Murder Club. But start at the beginning and work your way to this one; its the best and most fully realized of the seriess four books.
AirMail

The strands of the plot multiply entertainingly and get tied together in the usual satisfying way Osman serves up another delightful mystery.
Kirkus

Osman follows The Bullet That Missed with a bittersweet mystery about the problems facing many older people: dementia, computer fraud, death. Humor does, however, alleviate the poignancy inthis strongest, most emotional book in the best-selling series.
Library Journal, starred review

Praise for The Bullet That Missed:

Osman concocts a satisfyingly complex whodunit full of neat twists and wrong turns. But unlike most crime novelists, he ensures his books strength and momentum stem not from its plot or its thrills but rather its perfectly formed characters. Once again, the quartet of friends makes for delightful company Heartwarming and enthralling. They carried a kind of magic, the four of them, a policeman muses. That magic is still there in abundance.
Washington Post

The Bullet That Missed hits on every front. Its quandaries stymie, its solutions thrill, its banter is worth reciting and its characters exemplify an admirable camaraderie. One can only hope that the Thursday Murder Clubs next outing appears before long.
Wall Street Journal

The Thursday Murder Club is back, and that should make everyone happy except, of course, murderers. Richard Osman's engaging series about a group of crime-solving retirees has delighted readers since the first book. The Thursday Murder Club, an international bestseller, was funny, original, baffling, poignant and thoroughly engaging. That's a high bar to set from the get-go, but Osman has easily achieved it in subsequent books This book is as delightful as the others. A remarkable achievement, Osman up there effortlessly balancing on that very high bar.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Not to be missed.
Parade

"Charming."
People

The mysteries are complex, the characters vivid, and the whole thing is laced with warm humor andremarkably, considering the body countgood feeling. Your next must-read mystery series.
Kirkus, starred review

Bestseller Osmans diverting third Thursday Murder Club mystery (after 2021s The Man Who Lived Twice) delivers laughs along with a nicely woven plot....The pace is breezy, the characters are intelligent and varied in their interests and backgrounds, and the humor is often pitched to readers who understand the vagaries of getting older. Osman reliably entertains.
Publishers Weekly

It's charming and, as always, will leave you guessing the murderer until the very end.
Town and Country

Author Bio

Richard Osman is an author and television presenter. His novels, The Thursday Murder Club, The Man Who Died Twice, The Bullet That Missed, and The Last Devil to Die, were number one, million-copy international bestsellers as well as New York Times bestsellers. He lives in London with his wife, Ingrid, and Liesl the cat. We Solve Murders is his fifth novel. The movie adaptation for The Thursday Murder Club will start filming in 2024, produced by Amblin Entertainment.