The Impossible Fortune
Published on 7. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-4059-7573-5 (ISBN)
Description
THE UNMISSABLE NEW MYSTERY IN THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING, RECORD-BREAKING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES
'Irresistible' LEE CHILD
'Funny, clever, compelling' HARLAN COBEN
'The rightful king of crime' i PAPER
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A wedding. A code. A murder. Time is ticking . . .
It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal.
But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who fears for their life, the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. A villain wants access to an uncrackable code and will stop at nothing to get it.
Plunged back into their most explosive investigation yet, can the gang solve the puzzle and a murder in time?
Praise for Richard Osman and the Thursday Murder Club series
'So smart and funny. Deplorably good' IAN RANKIN
'Osman just gets better' SHARI LAPENA
'I smiled a million times' MARIAN KEYES
'Warm, wise and witty' VAL MCDERMID
'Brilliantly suspenseful' JEFFERY DEAVER
'The thing that shines through in Osman's writing is that he really likes people and revels in all their foibles and eccentricities . . . a delightful read' OBSERVER
'Gripping and rather moving' SUNDAY TIMES
'The biggest new fiction author of the decade' GUARDIAN
'Underestimate him at your own peril' INDEPENDENT
'Richard Osman seems incapable of missing' THE TIMES
'Irresistible' LEE CHILD
'Funny, clever, compelling' HARLAN COBEN
'The rightful king of crime' i PAPER
----------------------------
A wedding. A code. A murder. Time is ticking . . .
It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal.
But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who fears for their life, the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. A villain wants access to an uncrackable code and will stop at nothing to get it.
Plunged back into their most explosive investigation yet, can the gang solve the puzzle and a murder in time?
Praise for Richard Osman and the Thursday Murder Club series
'So smart and funny. Deplorably good' IAN RANKIN
'Osman just gets better' SHARI LAPENA
'I smiled a million times' MARIAN KEYES
'Warm, wise and witty' VAL MCDERMID
'Brilliantly suspenseful' JEFFERY DEAVER
'The thing that shines through in Osman's writing is that he really likes people and revels in all their foibles and eccentricities . . . a delightful read' OBSERVER
'Gripping and rather moving' SUNDAY TIMES
'The biggest new fiction author of the decade' GUARDIAN
'Underestimate him at your own peril' INDEPENDENT
'Richard Osman seems incapable of missing' THE TIMES
Reviews / Votes
Full of humour, this is our fave one yet! * SUN * This proves to be one of Osman's more cleverly plotted whodunnits, with bonus brainteasers in the form of cunning codes to crack * DAILY TELEGRAPH * A gently humorous read, peopled with characters who feel like old friends * GUARDIAN * A delight . . . if you really want to find out how families and friends react and interact and talk, then go to Richard Osman -- iPAPER Osman reaches audiences other authors do not because he truly shares their world * OBSERVER *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 123 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4059-7573-5 (9781405975735)
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Richard Osman
The Impossible Fortune
The new novel in the multi-million copy bestselling murder mystery series
E-Book
09/2025
Penguin Books Ltd
€8.99
Available for download
Person
RICHARD OSMAN is an author, producer and television presenter. The Thursday Murder Club novels are a record-breaking, multi-million-copy, bestselling series around the world. The movie adaptation for The Thursday Murder Club, produced by Amblin Entertainment, is available to watch on Netflix. His new series, We Solve Murders, featuring a brand-new detective trio, is also an international bestseller. Richard promises there are more books to come in both series. He lives in London with his wife, Ingrid, and their cats, Liesl and Lottie.