THRILLERS

 

If you like……

 

 

 

Baldacci, David - ….fast pacing, intricate plots, double crosses, try his book:

            Last Man Standing  and these other authors:

 

         Grippando, James – Found money

           Cannell, Stephen – The Plan

         Grisham, John – The Firm

           Connelly, Michael – Void moon

           Mills, Kyle – Free Fall

 

 

 Clancy, Tom - ….invented the techno-thriller….detail-laden stories of military adventure, try his book The Hunt for Red October and these of the authors:

 

          Coonts, Stephen –Flight of the Intruder

             Brown, Dale – Warrior Class

          Poyer, David – Black Stor

            Patterson, James – 1^st to Die

            Weber, Joe – Dancing with the Dragon

 

 

 

Woods, Stuart - ….intricate plots, non-stop action, series titles....try his novel Under the Lake and these other authors:

                           Archer, Jeffrey – Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less      

                           Cannell, Stephen J. – The Tin Collectors     

                           Sanders, Lawrence – McNally’s Secret 

                           Sheldon, Sidney – The Other Side of Midnight              

 

 

 

 Haig, Brian – ….combining themes…. of political, legal, military or spying…. try his book Secret Sanction or The Kingmaker and these other authors:

 

           Truscott, Lucian K. – Heart of War

              Freemantle, Brian – Here Comes Charlie M

           Davis, Patrick A. – The General

           Thomas, Ross – Ah, Treachery!

              DeMille, Nelson – The General’s Daughter

 

 

 

 

Brown, Dan - ….complex stories of secrets, deception, action, puzzles and conspiracies….try his story Deception Point or The Da Vinci Code  as well as these other authors:

 

                          Case, John – The Eighth Day or The Genesis Code

                          Silva, Daniel – The Confessor

                          Gifford, Thomas – The Assassini

                          Neville, Katherine – The Eight

                          Pears, Iain – Death and Restoration

                          Ludlum, Robert – The Icarus Agenda

 

 

 

Preston, Douglas J.  and Lincoln Child -  ….intriguing settings, fast plots with enough supernatural to keep things interesting….try their book Relic  or as their solo efforts  and  these other authors:

 

                         Preston, Douglas J. – The Codex

                    Child, Lincoln – Death Match 

                         Crichton, Michael – Timeline

                         Long, Jeff – The Descent

                    Reilly, Matthew J. – Ice Station or Contest

                         Rollins, Jeff – Amazonia

 

 

 

 

 

Resource:  Blood, Bedlam, Bullets and Badguys:  a readers guide to adventure/suspense fiction

 

            By Michael B. Gannon  (REF/Z/1231/A39/G36/2004)

 

 

 

Warwick Public Library

 November 2005