Thursday Murder Club book 5 · 2025
The Impossible Fortune
At the wedding of Joyce’s daughter, a guest asks Elizabeth for help, saying someone is trying to kill him.
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Book facts
- Author
- Richard Osman
- Series
- Thursday Murder Club, book 5 of 5
- Published
- 2025
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Coopers Chase, Kent
- Characters charted
- 8
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in The Impossible Fortune
8 recurring or key characters from Richard Osman’s chart.
Lead 2
- Elizabeth BestFormer intelligence officer
- Joyce MeadowcroftRetired nurse whose diary narrates part of each book
Major 5
- Ron RitchieFormer trade union leader
- Ibrahim ArifRetired psychiatrist
- Chris HudsonDetective Chief Inspector
- Donna De FreitasPolice constable
- Bogdan JankowskiPolish builder and friend of the club
Minor and cameo 1
- StephenElizabeth’s husband
Also featuring these characters
Other Richard Osman books that share the most characters with The Impossible Fortune.
- The Bullet That Missed2022 · Thursday Murder Club · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Man Who Died Twice2021 · Thursday Murder Club · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Thursday Murder Club2020 · Thursday Murder Club · 8 shared charactersBuy on Amazon