The Thursday Murder Club audiobooks in order
Four residents of a Kent retirement village investigate cold cases, then rather warmer ones. Lesley Manville reads the first two and Fiona Shaw takes over from the third — both are excellent, but it is a real change of voice partway through the series.
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Richard OsmanNarrated by Lesley Manville (books one and two), Fiona Shaw (books three onward) · 5 booksPhoto: librairie mollat · CC BY 3.0 · cropped, via Wikimedia CommonsWhich order should you listen in?
Publication order. Recurring cast and a running emotional thread that pays off heavily by the fourth book, so do not skip.
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The Thursday Murder Club in publication order
- 1
The Thursday Murder Club (2020)Read by Lesley Manville · 12h 25m unabridged - 2
The Man Who Died Twice (2021)Read by Lesley Manville · 12h 30m unabridged - 3
The Bullet That Missed (2022)Read by Fiona Shaw · 11h 17m unabridged - 4
The Last Devil to Die (2023)Read by Fiona Shaw · 10h 55m unabridged - 5
The Impossible Fortune (2025)Read by Fiona Shaw · 10h 29m unabridged