As any mother would, Brenda Wright swelled with pride when her son told her that he had written a novel. But her heart sank when he said he had set his story in a retirement village.
Her little boy, Richard Osman, the 6ft 7in co-host of Pointless and presenter of House of Games, has become a literary sensation with his Thursday Murder Club novels. What few know is the extent to which the luxury retirement village setting for the stories is inspired by the plush surroundings in which his mother lives.
