Richard Osman with Nihal Arthanayake
10/07/20 • 30 min
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TV presenter and co-creator of the TV quiz show ‘Pointless’, Richard Osman chats to Nihal about his debut novel ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ - a story about four friends living in a retirement village who become amateur detectives.
He chats to Nihal about some objects that have inspired him which include the dating app Tinder and candles. Richard also reveals why he didn’t tell anyone he was writing a novel. #Penguinpodcast
‘The Thursday Murder Club’ is available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/3llVb2f
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TV presenter and co-creator of the TV quiz show ‘Pointless’, Richard Osman chats to Nihal about his debut novel ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ - a story about four friends living in a retirement village who become amateur detectives.
He chats to Nihal about some objects that have inspired him which include the dating app Tinder and candles. Richard also reveals why he didn’t tell anyone he was writing a novel. #Penguinpodcast
‘The Thursday Murder Club’ is available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/3llVb2f
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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‘Agent Sonya’ is available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/32NX94J
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‘Outgrowing God’ is available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/3obexsT
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