Jazz will stop at nothing to save her brother. Their foster mother, Carol, has always been fanatical, but with Jazz grown up and out of the house, Carol takes a dangerous turn that threatens thirteen-year-old Joaquin’s life. Over and over, child services fails to intervene, and Joaquin is running out of time. Then Jazz gets a blocked call from someone offering a solution. There are others like her—people the law has failed. They’ve formed an underground network of “helpers,” each agreeing to eliminate the abuser of another. They’re taking back their power and leaving a trail of bodies throughout Los Angeles—dubbed the Blackbird Killings. If Jazz joins them, they’ll take care of Carol for good. All she has to do is kill a stranger.

A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal “Don’t trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman’s own laugh-out-loud whodunit.” —Parade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?

Tony Turner is a homicidal and psychotic enforcer for a ruthless Gun Runner and Crime Lord. Tony is murdered in a violent police shootout. Tony's soul goes to hell. While he's in hell burning the Devil makes him an offer. The Devil sends Tony back to Earth as an indestructible, demonic assassin. The Devil wants Tony to kill 4 reformed criminals who have completely turned their lives around, and our serving God in one form or another. The Devil wants them dead before they can reach their full spiritual potential, and God uses them as instruments in the war between Heaven and Hell. One of the people that the Devil wants dead is James Jones, Tony Turner's former enemy. James Jones is a former drug kingpin who got out of the drug game when his mother died of cancer. Now he is a legitimate businessman, and a contributing member to his community. He is also a great father to his young daughter. James is starting to gain faith in God and the Bible. He is trying to make peace with his bloody past, and atone for his past sins. The Devil wants him dead before he becomes spiritually aware, so he sends his former enemy back from hell to murder him. Tony Turner wants to avenge his murder by killing the man who murdered him, Detective Rick Martin. Det. Rick Martin lead a special police task force that was investigating Tony and James. Det. Martin would eventually kill Tony. After both surviving murder attempts by Tony, James Jones and Det. Rick Martin must reluctantly unite to stay alive and simultaneously figure out a way to kill Tony and send him back to hell.