Enjoy reading the Don Winslow novels while you can. Last year he published his final book in the Danny Ryan trilogy and said he was retiring after thirty years of writing crime/thriller fiction. Supposedly he has a few of his books optioned for movies and TV shows so we will see if he dips his toe into another entertainment medium.

I think I have read all but one of Winslow's books. Once you are done reading the Art Keller trilogy feel free to dive into his other series and stand alone novels. You won't be disappointed.

The only good news is that I have quite a backlog to dig into! Hopefully he takes a break from activism and returns to writing novels (or like you said some TV or movies as most of his work has been optioned).

THE ENCHANTED SEASON by Lance Parrish/Tom Gage

Lance's biography along with Tigers '84 Series winning season.

PERMANENT RECORD by Edward Snowden

Only knew the basics of his whistleblower story. A work "Book Club" choice.

The Dead Zone has to be one of his finest books. The story goes that the manuscript for Carrie was so short that King had to flesh it out a bit to reach novel length, which is why you get the epistolary style bits and pieces.

It took me a while to get into his books as they are stand-alone thrillers that don't feature a regular main character. But Furst does a great job of researching his locations and the politics of the time period, which does a lot to help keep my attention.

Agreed.  I re-read it this summer and while it scared the hell out of me for reasons that it did not in when I read it in 1986, it was so good.  King really spends his time developing the story.  I mean, how many pages are devoted to the roulette wheel scene? And the hospital stay as well.

After that, I re-read "Firestarter" and was impressed by it in a way I hadn't been at 14.  I sent it to a friend for his re-read and he said the same thing about how well-written it is.  

Just finished Nick Hornby's "Funny Girl" which I liked a lot.  Good book, terrible title.  I mean, I know titles can't be copyrighted but come on...

Now I am reading "Endless Love" by Scott Spencer.  I never saw the Zefferelli film but have heard for years that the film is mediocre at best but the book is quite good.