The Last Devil to Die

The Last Devil to Die is the fourth Thursday Murder Club mystery. An old friend's death and a missing package pull Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim, and Ron into the antiques trade, fraud, and a case that asks more of their loyalty than earlier puzzles. Viking's English paperback is ISBN 9780593299449.

Netflix's film adapts The Thursday Murder Club, and Netflix's own reading guide names this as a later book in Osman's series. This is same-series continuation reading, not a claim that the first film adapts book four. Read it if you already know the quartet and want a mystery that keeps the jokes but lets the emotional cost show.

Elizabeth carries the group's strategic confidence, even when the case reaches into older connections.

Joyce notices the human details other people pass over.

Ibrahim and Ron bring different kinds of loyalty when the group is under pressure.

No. 1 - The ensemble has depth. Four books in, the friendships can carry quieter scenes as well as clues.

No. 2 - Cozy, but not weightless. Humor sits beside loss and danger without pretending either is trivial.

No. 3 - A clear Netflix-afterward choice. It is for readers who have already followed the group past the first screen source.

Read this if you are...

• Up to date on the first three Thursday Murder Club books.
• Looking for crime fiction with warmth and an established group.
• Coming from Netflix and happy to continue well beyond the first film's source.

Skip it if you are...

• New to the series. Start with The Thursday Murder Club.
• Looking for a detached, hardboiled procedural.
• Avoiding grief or criminal violence.

• Read the first three books in order; their character history matters here.
• Avoid full series summaries, which can spoil earlier cases.
• Let the relationship scenes breathe. They are part of the book's work, not pauses between clues.

• Richard Osman - The Bullet That Missed. The preceding Thursday Murder Club mystery.
• Richard Osman - The Impossible Fortune. The next case.
• Robert Thorogood - Death Comes to Marlow. A lighter British mystery continuation with another older-sleuth ensemble.

1. How does a long-running series earn emotional stakes without abandoning its tone?
2. Which member of the club changes most under pressure?
3. What does the antiques setting add to the mystery?
4. When does humor make the grief more visible?
5. Why might Netflix viewers want to read beyond the film's direct source?