Autumn is shaping up to be a season of big releases for crime and thriller fans , with some of the genre’s biggest names returning to shelves. Richard Osman is back with the latest instalment in his blockbuster Thursday Murder Club series, a franchise that has turned cozy crime into a publishing juggernaut. Meanwhile, Mick Herron delivers another sharp and sly outing for his misfit spies in the ever-brilliant Slough House novels — a series that has become the gold standard for modern espionage fiction.
And then there’s the return of Dan Brown. The master of high-concept thrillers and globe-trotting puzzles resurfaces with a new novel, promising the trademark mix of codes, conspiracies, and breathless pacing that made him a household name. And that is not to mention the clever my