What does it take to write a really great mystery, one that hooks the reader and keeps them guessing ‘til the perpetrator is finally revealed? This is a terrific question for author RICHARD OSMAN of the globally popular series The Thursday Murder Club, five books about a group of aging sleuths who live together in a retirement community. In a funny and freewheeling conversation with VINSON CUNNINGHAM, author and co-host of The New Yorker’s popular Critics at Large podcast, Osman will talk about the mysteries of mystery writing. Where do his ideas come from? Has he always wanted to write mysteries? Does he plot out the whole story before starting a book? Does he always know whodunit or is he ever surprised mid-writing? He will tell all, including the names of the mystery writers he himself loves to read,