In the Taskmaster Annals of Great Lateral Thinkers, Richard Osman’s an early standout; it’s no wonder he’s turned his mastery of combining the ingenious and the credible to mystery writing. His bestselling Thursday Murder Club books put him on the crime novel map, but it’s in support of the We Solve Murders series that he’s touring now. September sequel We Chase Shadows sees the series starter’s trio of accidental detectives take on a new case after a body pops up in an Italian villa, a mysterious note attached to the corpse. Osman will be in conversation with Austin novelist Mary Pauline Lowry (Last Night Was Killer) at this ticketed event presented by First Light Books. – Kimberley Jones
