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Marcus Hiltz
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Thriller series to check out (forgive me if I repeat any): John Gilstrap's Jonathon Grave series Lawrence Block's Keller series Donald Westlake's Jon Dortmunder series I second Dennis Lehane's books (the Kenzie-Gennaro series are fun as well as Shutter Island) ANYTHING BY ELMORE LEONARD (not a series but I must plug his work!)
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DW Zomberg
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Tim Hallinan's Junior Bender books are breezy and fun--about an LA thief always in over his head.
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Rob Shalda
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Julian May's Pliocene and Milieu Sagas. There is a particular reading order to these as the first series starts in the future and later books in the past. I would recommend reading them in order. I have always enjoyed George R.R. Martins Wildcards series as well.
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Rob Shalda
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Forgot to mention the Spellsinger series by Alan Dean Foster.
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Ronald Joseph
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Well, I think I'm definitely going to have to give The Dresden Files the first shot, as it's come up more than once (four time, I think)!
Storm Front, here I come!
Thanks again for the recommendations and by all means, let's keep the book talk going!
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John Bodin
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Patrick Lee's book "The Breach," and the two sequels, "Ghost Country" and "Deep Sky" are very engaging, IMO:
The Breach on Amazon
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Jozef Brandt
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Dresden Files! Even if you think the first couple books are rough, the series gathers momentum and eventually you're drooling because it's going to be a year before the next one comes out.
Another series that I enjoyed is the Nightside series by Simon Green. Not as good as Dresden Files, but still entertaining.
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Ronald Joseph
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Dresden Files! Even if you think the first couple books are rough, the series gathers momentum and eventually you're drooling because it's going to be a year before the next one comes out.
I have a bad habit of finding a series that started in the 80s or 90s, devouring them in order, one after the other, until I hit "real time" and then I do exactly that! Drool until the next book comes out.
Right now, I've got nothing! Reading "filler books" really stinks. I was caught with my pants down, so to speak.
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Kip Lewis
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Echo James Rollin.
Vince Flynn
But most of all:
Preston and Child. http://www.prestonchild.com
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Wallace Sellars
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I strongly second Richard Stark's "Parker" series, and also suggest any of
Walter Mosley's series.
[edited to change "stringly" to "strongly"]
Edited by Wallace Sellars on 14 November 2013 at 7:49pm
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Michael Thompson
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Justin Cronin's The Passage trilogy. The first two have been released: The Passage and The Twelve. City of Mirrors is to be released in 2014.
Hugh Howey's WOOL series. Takes place in an underground 'silo' following an apocalyptic event above ground. Interesting premise.
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Robert Cosgrove
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Ronald, based on what you say you like to read, I think you might enjoy Stephen Hunter's Bob Lee Swagger series, about a retired U.S. sniper. Some of the books also deal with his father, sheriff Earl Swagger. A good stand alone, set in world war II, is "the Master Sniper," where the sniper is a villain, a Nazi. If you like that book, chances are you'll enjoy the whole Bob Lee Swagger series.
If you have any taste for historical fiction, I like almost anything by Bernard Cornwell. He has a number of series, of which my favorite is the Sharpe series, following a British soldier whose career roughly corresponds in history with Napoleon's nemesis, the Duke of Wellington. Check out Cornwell's web site at www.bernardcornwell.net for information on this series and others. The best way, I think, to read the Sharpe series in the chronological order of Sharpe's life (as opposed to the order Cornwell wrote them). My favorite books are the first three, set in India. An interesting "done in one" is Gallows Thief, set in Regency London, and another is The Fort, in Revolutionary War America. Read it for a different take on Paul Revere.
Edited by Robert Cosgrove on 23 August 2013 at 8:41pm
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