Tom Cain, Lee Child..... anyone else simlar??

BT Bob

At the risk of getting flamed (and I swear this is not meant as a troll), I'm a bit over Reacher!

I just think they're getting a tad samey..... (grabs coat and exits stage-left)....

Sam Darby

I have just seen the 11th spider Shepherd Novel called White Lies on Amazon, it's on kindle for £4.68

alan280170

Just finished Hard landing, good book, didn't expect the ending. Read it in 2 nights. Onto the Chinaman now.

HMHB

Yes I think you're right. If Reacher wasn't such a great character and the books weren't so well written, I'd have packed in with them a couple of books ago.

I'm sure that Lee Child said that he was going to write 20 Reacher books and then leave it at that. Mind you he also said he pictured Reacher looking like Lawrence Dallaglio but still managed to sell out to a pretty boy dwarf

shodan

Robert B Parker has done some great character series books. The Jessie Stone books (turned into great made for TV films starring Tom Selleck) and Spenser series which pretty much defines the tough guy detective novels.

bigtruck

Just picked the first 6 Ben Hope books up for my Kindle - £6.64 on Amazon.

DarkDogZA

A mix of books mentioned above with some being close to pulp fiction, reminiscent of the 90s executioner books, utterly lacking in any kind of plot.

Agreed with Baldacci and in many ways, his John Puller is a lot more entertaining than jack Reacher who as a previous poster pointed out, has become rather formulaic. I would also include Brian Haig's very funny Sean Drummond series, about a sharp witted JAG attorney. Very much an action series rather than a court room drama.

Eric van Lustbader, man, that's a name that I have not heard in many years. Back when I was young and not in this part of town, his books had an 18 age restriction.

1 for Tom Wood and Barry Eisler

-1 for Andy McNab, Chris Ryan and Vince Flynn. Vince Flynn starts to read like an ad for the republican party.

Garrett

When I saw the title of the thread I thought I recommend Scott Mariani 'Ben Hope' series. I started a bit late in the day with The Amanda Legacy and just finished The Nemesis Program at weekend which that latter I think would make a great film and sort of straying into Bond and Dirk Pitt territory its one apart from a few pages one the action gets started never lets up. I have the two follow ups but don't want go though them too fast so reeding a few other books before I get to The Forgotten Holocaust.

Garrett

Please can you remind me of one of the jokes told to Ben, one was about the priest taking a  Higgs Boson to church but what was the other?

FZR400RRSP

It was over a year ago I read it, I can barely remember last week, sorry.

I can add another author to the list here though.
Just started reading the 'Court Gentry' series by Mark Greaney.
Ex CIA assassin now being hunted by all and sundry etc.etc.
Liking it a lot so far.