Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren make the most of 'The Thursday Murder Club,' Netflix amiable but treacly adaptation of Richard Osman's mystery bestseller.

Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club book series is one of the most successful of recent years - more than 10 million copies have been sold, all four books have broken UK sales records and the fifth instalment will be released in the autumn.

On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, leading to breaches in New Orleans flood prevention; 80 percent of the city was submerged in water. The cost of the damage from the hurricane was $125 billion, and though it’s been difficult to get an accurate death toll, it is estimated to be about 1,800.