The Last Devil to Die — Richard Osman Coleman’s Notes — The Reader’s Companion Digital Reader’s Companion | £6.95
The Thursday Murder Club is back — but this time its members face a mystery that becomes deeply personal.
Christmas is approaching at Coopers Chase when an old friend is murdered and a dangerous package he was protecting disappears.
Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron are soon investigating again.
Their search takes them into a world of drug dealers, art forgers, hidden motives and dangerous criminals — all desperate to locate the missing package.
Yet The Last Devil to Die is about considerably more than solving another murder.
Alongside the mystery, Richard Osman explores friendship, ageing, memory, grief and the painful reality that some problems cannot be defeated by intelligence or determination.
This Coleman’s Notes Reader’s Companion helps individual readers and book clubs explore both sides of the novel: the crime story and its powerful emotional heart.
Your Reader’s Companion Includes
✓ Detailed plot and reading guidance
✓ The missing-package mystery
✓ Key clues, suspects & revelations
✓ Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim & Ron
✓ Stephen and Elizabeth
✓ Bogdan, Donna, Chris & the wider cast
✓ Character relationships
✓ Major turning points
✓ Friendship & loyalty
✓ Ageing, love & memory
✓ Grief, loss & acceptance
✓ Crime, morality & justice
✓ Humour within darker subject matter
✓ Themes & deeper reading
✓ Meaning of the title
✓ Ending explained
✓ Book-club discussion material
✓ Quick Recall
An Excellent Book-Club Choice
At what point does The Last Devil to Die become more than a murder mystery?
How does Elizabeth change when she encounters something she cannot simply outwit?
What does Stephen’s story add to the novel’s exploration of love?
Why is friendship so important to the way these characters confront ageing and loss?
And how does Osman manage to make the novel both very funny and deeply moving?
Coleman’s Notes provides the background, analysis and discussion material to help your book club go well beyond simply solving the mystery.
Thursday Murder Club Collection — £25.95
Part of the Coleman’s Notes Thursday Murder Club Collection.
Individual Reader’s Companion: £6.95
Five-title collection: £25.95
Digital product — no physical book will be supplied. The original novel is not included.
Read • Reflect • Explore • Understand
Coleman’s Notes is an independent publication and is not affiliated with, authorised by or endorsed by Richard Osman, his publishers or any associated organisation.
