Thrillers
Daniel Silva – Gabriel Allon series
International Espionage – mainly from the perspective of an Israeli secret agent. Gabriel Allon is an art restorer who also deals justice to international bad guys.
Steve Barry – Cotton Malone series
Berry often uses a little-known US or world historical facts and builds a story on those.
David Baladachi – wrote several series:
- Sean King and Michelle Maxwell
- Former CIA agents who once guarded the President, but now investigate other wrong-doing with their formidable skills
- Amos Decker (Memory Man)
- A former football star was hit hard in a game and now has perfect recall, but that has disadvantages as well as advantages when it comes to fighting crime.
- Atlee Pine
- FBI agent whose side-kick and close friend is a little retired lady who used to work in an FBI office, and is now tired of tending her empty-nest home. Atlee’s twin sister was kidnapped when they were 6, and she has been searching for her all along, even as she solves other crimes.
- The Camel Club
- Four old retired geezers live in shelters close to the White House. They include a former CIA agent, an obsessive computer genius, a blue-collar labourer, and a Library of Congress reference specialist. Their goal is to seek the truth.
Tess Gerritsen – Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles
These books are much like the tv series, but often with a closer view of Maura than Jane.
Harlan Coben –
The plots of his novels have multiple twists and often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past like murders or suspicious accidents.
Gregg Hurwitz – Orphan X
Plucked from an orphanage and trained in a secret US facility in the art of assassination, Orphan X escapes from that life-style but is hunted by highly trained people from his past. He uses his skills to help desperate people, and when he has saved them, he gives them a phone number to pass on to someone as desperate as they were.
Craig Johnson – Longmire Series
Although parts of the books’ story lines match the tv series, there are details that are not conveyed on tv, such as humorous episodes and insights into native spirituality.
