Dan Brown writes fast-paced conspiracy thrillers built around codes, artworks, religious history, science and secret organisations. His best-known novels feature Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who is repeatedly drawn into investigations that move through museums, churches and historic sites while he deciphers symbols under time pressure. Angels & Demons centres on the Vatican and the Illuminati, The Da Vinci Code turns clues connected with Leonardo da Vinci and Christian history into a pursuit across France and Britain, and Inferno uses Dante's work as part of a modern biological threat. The Lost Symbol and Origin continue the same puzzle-led format with different institutions and ideas at the centre of the mystery. Brown's short chapters, frequent cliffhangers and clue-by-clue plotting place his books between conspiracy fiction, historical mystery and action thriller, with clear overlap for readers of Steve Berry and James Rollins. Read more Less

