Quiz show supremo turned best-selling novelist Richard Osman has a new book coming out - the third in his Thursday Murder Club series. It will be published by Penguin in September.
The title has also been revealed as The Bullet That Missed and will have 400 pages, a listing on the Waterstones website reveals. Pre-orders are limited to one per customer.
Osman is best-known for his quiz show roles on Pointless and on Richard Osman's House of Games. His first novel, The Thursday Murder Club, was published in 2020.
Osman wrote on twitter that it is an 'absolute rip-roarer', adding: "Delighted to announce that the third book in #TheThursdayMurderClub series will be released on Sept 15th and will be called...'THE BULLET THAT MISSED'.
There's not much detail about the story, other than the Waterstones listing saying: "Osman's beloved ageing investigators return in another captivating mystery that blends wry wit and deft characterisation with fast-paced, intricate plotting."
The third novel has already been tipped to be one of 2022's biggest sellers as the sequel The Man Who Died Twice (Viking), did even better than his successful first instalment. That first book became the first debut novel to score a Christmas number one in 2020.
The first mystery, about a group of pensioners who set about solving the murder of a property developer in a luxury Kent retirement village, beat Barack Obama to the top the festive chart.
The Thursday Murder Club was met with widespread acclaim when it was published. Global film rights to the book have been bought by Steven Spielberg’s production company, Amblin Entertainment.
