by television presenter richard osman. they have sold more than 5.5 million copies, and a third book in the series has now become the fastest selling adult fiction hardback by a british author. the books were inspired by his own mother and the retirement village where she lives. it may look a tranquil scene, but this retirement village in sussex holds a dark secret. lots of the stuff in the book is in the geography of this place, and in the first book someone is murdered in this car park, right here, and plenty more murders this way. these are the sedate surroundings that inspired richard osman to write his thursday murder club novels, about four elderly amateur detectives who live in a retirement village. it s home to his mother brenda. we have a thursday knit and natter club, but we don t have a thursday murder club. not yet any way. you have to be careful with the knitting needles. you never know. you could be right there. richard, one of the joys
5.5 million copies. the books, including the thursday murder club and the man who died twice, were inspired by his own mother and the retirement village where she lives. now, for the first time, our arts correspondent rebecca jones has been behind the scenes to visit the real life setting for the books. it may look a tranquil scene, but this retirement village in sussex holds a dark secret. lots of the stuff in the book is in the geography of this place, and in the first book someone is murdered in this car park, right here, and plenty more murders this way. these are the sedate surroundings that inspired richard osman to write his thursday murder club novels, about four elderly amateur detectives who live in a retirement village. it s home to his mother brenda. we have a thursday knit and natter club, but we don t have a thursday murder club. not yet anyway. you have to be careful with the knitting needles. you never know. you could be right there. richard, one of the joys
thursday murder club novels, about four elderly amateur detectives who live in a retirement village. it s home to his mother brenda. we have a thursday knit and natter club, but we don t have a thursday murder club. not yet any way. you have to be careful with the knitting needles. you never know. you could be right there. richard, one of the joys about the books is the way they portray elderly people. this is a group of people who are overlooked, who become invisible, who are underestimated and actually, culturally it is important to represent the fact they re not, but also, as a detective, being invisible is perfect, so i sort of have my cake and eat it. so thank you for your cultural invisibility. but while the village and its residents inspired the book, the characters aren t based specifically on brenda and herfriends. you have a little bit of that person and a little bit of that person, rolled into one. there s some very interesting people here. and we ve had a couple in the secr
contains flashing images. it may look a tranquil scene, but this retirement village in sussex holds a dark secret. lots of the stuff in the book is in the geography of this place, and in the first book someone is murdered in this car park, right here, and plenty more murders this way. these are the sedate surroundings that inspired richard 0sman to write his thursday murder club novels, about four elderly amateur detectives who live in a retirement village. it s home to his mother, brenda. we have a thursday knit and natter club, but we don t have a thursday murder club. not yet any way. you have to be careful with the knitting needles. you never know. you could be right there. richard, one of the joys about the books is the way they portray elderly people. this is a group of people who are overlooked, who become invisible, who are underestimated and actually, culturally it is important to represent the fact they re not, but also, as a detective, being invisible is perfect,
lots of the stuff in the book is in the geography of this place, and in the first book someone is murdered in this car park, right here, and plenty more murders this way. these are the sedate surroundings that inspired richard osman to write his thursday murder club novels, about four elderly amateur detectives who live in a retirement village. it s home to his mother brenda. we have a thursday knit and natter club, but we don t have a thursday murder club. not yet, anyway. you have to be careful with the knitting needles. you never know. you could be right, there. richard, one of the joys about the books is the way they portray elderly people. this is a group of people who are overlooked, who become invisible, who are underestimated and actually, culturally it is important to represent the fact they re not, but also, as a detective, being invisible is perfect, so i sort of have my cake and eat it. so thank you for your cultural invisibility. but while the village and its residents ins