Jack Outside the Box

Most people enjoy a good murder mystery. It’s a genre of storytelling which has embedded itself across numerous forms of media and has taken many different forms over the decades.  While the conventional murder mysteries featuring the likes of Poirot or Marple may be less prominent these days, it gives more room for different interpretations and ideas to take centre stage. The very idea of being presented with a peculiar case and absorbing key information to form your own conclusions is the very identity behind this genre, but as time goes by it’s fun to see how modern-day writers find new and interesting ways to explore these concepts even further.  That new territory is exactly what famous British television presenter Richard Osman has encroached on with his debut murder mystery series; The Thursday Murder Club. The Thursday Murder Club follows a delightful cast of pensioners who reside in a retirement village known as Cooper’s Chase in Fairhaven, Kent.  Every Thursday,...