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i've had killing floor loaded on my kobo for a while, guess i'm going to have to start after reading all of the comments
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i don't think that's the first time an american wrote bond though.
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And when Brits (technically Scots) write Bond we sometimes end up with Stross' "The Jennifer Morgue," lol. Imagine 1967's Casino Royale movie colliding with Call of Cthulhu.
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Agreed. Not lots of romance. An occasional requisite bedding, but not much romance! That said, I love them too. I'd love to have Reacher in my back pocket whenever I needed something tough done. And I'd enjoy just looking at him in between times!
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JerseyBiker, now that you've gotten some answers, would you be upset if I hijacked the thread just a wee bit?
Since all the responders seem to have the same reading interests, would you list your favorite 'series' for this same sort of reading? (Series, not singles.) So far we've noted; Sandford's "Prey" series, "Kidd" series, and "Virgil Flowers" series Jack DuBrul Barry Eisler's books Jeffery Deaver Robert Parker's "Spenser" series and "Jesse Stone" series The "Harry Bosch" series Ian Rankin's "Rebus" series Please add your favorites... Stitchawl |
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... dot dot dot
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I was just trying to be funny (though the Reacher books really are the only books in this particular vein that I tend to read). I hope you get the responses you are looking for. |
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Charlie Huston often scratches a similar @ss-kicking itch, with sweet noir overtones. The Joe Pitt series gets extra weird and Joe takes more beatings than he dishes out, yet remains a very tough hombre.
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Robert Crais has his Elvis Cole PI series. Elvis is a great character and he has a sidekick named Joe Pike who is very much like Reacher. In recent years he's done a few that feature Joe Pike in the lead role. Very good writer.
Andrew Vachss has a series where street smart ex-con Burke goes after child molesters in NYC. Some unusual sidekicks there. A little goes a long way. |
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I'm not sure if this qualifies as "same sort of reading" but, in his own calm quiet way, Israeli intelligence operative Gabriel Allon is about the last person a terrorist wants on his trail. Very well written by Daniel Silva.
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