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The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman
Thursday Murder Club, book 5
You’ll like this if…
A quick taste guide—not a guarantee.
- You want the next case in this reading path.
- A wedding and a mysterious code appeal to you.
- You prefer returning to familiar sleuths.
The starting point
A wedding guest who fears for their life draws Elizabeth into an investigation involving a code and a determined adversary.
Why consider this one?
The wedding-and-code setup offers returning readers a new puzzle without changing the familiar sleuths. Read the earlier books first if following the characters’ circumstances matters to you.
A good fit for
Readers continuing the club’s adventures in publication order.
Before you choose
The published premise includes grief, threats and murder.
Reading order: titles featured here
Follow this path through the books featured on our site. It is not a claim that the series has no other titles.
- The Thursday Murder Club
- The Man Who Died Twice
- The Bullet That Missed
- The Last Devil to Die
- The Impossible Fortune — you are here
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Our editorial approach
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Factual source: Penguin
Checked November 7, 2026 (EST).