The Recurring Cast
Character · Coopers Chase · 5 books

Joyce Meadowcroft

Joyce Meadowcroft is a retired nurse whose diary narrates part of each book.

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Character facts

First appearance
The Thursday Murder Club (2020)
Latest appearance
The Impossible Fortune (2025)
Books
5 (5 as lead)
Series
Thursday Murder Club
Author
Richard Osman
Circle
Coopers Chase

Where to meet Joyce Meadowcroft

Joyce Meadowcroft first appears in The Thursday Murder Club (2020), as the lead, book 1 of the Thursday Murder Club series.

Buy The Thursday Murder Club

Every book with Joyce Meadowcroft

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 2020LThe Thursday Murder Clublead · Thursday Murder ClubBuy
  2. 2021LThe Man Who Died Twicelead · Thursday Murder ClubBuy
  3. 2022LThe Bullet That Missedlead · Thursday Murder ClubBuy
  4. 2023LThe Last Devil to Dielead · Thursday Murder ClubBuy
  5. 2025LThe Impossible Fortunelead · Thursday Murder ClubBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Bogdan JankowskiPolish builder and friend of the club5
Chris HudsonDetective Chief Inspector5
Donna De FreitasPolice constable5
Elizabeth BestFormer intelligence officer5
Ibrahim ArifRetired psychiatrist5
Ron RitchieFormer trade union leader5