Last great Thriller/Action book you read?

Last great Thriller/Action book you read?

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ATV

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566 posts

201 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Getting a bit bored of re-reading my Jack Reacher novels.

Are there any others you'd recommend from 2022?

Gecko1978

10,303 posts

163 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Since having kids reading has been non existent but a few suggestions

Lee Child - Mitch Rapp series
David Baldichi - all are quite good
Brad Thor - more holiday reads to be fair

droopsnoot

12,489 posts

248 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Gecko1978 said:
Lee Child - Mitch Rapp series
Aren't they by Vince Flynn?

Bungleaio

6,378 posts

208 months

Thursday 13th October 2022
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I enjoyed I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. I gets mixed reviews on Amazon though.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00D3NSDVO?ref...


funinhounslow

1,771 posts

148 months

Friday 25th November 2022
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If you like the film Heat give the book Heat 2 a go - it starts where the film left off then becomes a both prequel and sequel. Absolutely gripping, I tore through it.

Cpt Stirling

313 posts

207 months

Sunday 27th November 2022
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Orphan X series might be worth a look.

blueST

4,440 posts

222 months

Sunday 27th November 2022
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Bungleaio said:
I enjoyed I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. I gets mixed reviews on Amazon though.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00D3NSDVO?ref...
I enjoyed that one too, fed up of waiting for his next book though. Must be at least 5 years.

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toasty

7,656 posts

226 months

Sunday 27th November 2022
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Cpt Stirling said:
Orphan X series might be worth a look.
Orphan X reminds me of Tom Cruise in the Reacher films. Similar storylines but Orphan X is an average size killing machine. Good stuff though.

clive_candy

669 posts

171 months

Monday 28th November 2022
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Okay it wasn't published this year but I've just read it again for the nth time and I'd say The Eagle Has Landed is among the best action/thrillers of all time.
Don't think it matters particularly whether you're into the Second World War or not, it's utterly gripping from start to finish.

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HealeyV8

431 posts

84 months

Monday 12th December 2022
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Joe Picket by C J Box

CopperBolt

873 posts

73 months

Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Robert Crais - Elvis Cole/Joe Pike

Cotty

40,094 posts

290 months

Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Been a while but I really like the Eagle series by Simon Scarrow.
It follows the story of two men in a Roman Legion and the adventures and battles they get into.
My dad was a big Jack Reacher fan and I lent him my Eagle books and he got hooked.
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/simon-scarrow/e...

Tango13

8,812 posts

182 months

Friday 27th January 2023
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clive_candy said:
Okay it wasn't published this year but I've just read it again for the nth time and I'd say The Eagle Has Landed is among the best action/thrillers of all time.
Don't think it matters particularly whether you're into the Second World War or not, it's utterly gripping from start to finish.
There was also the sequel

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eagle-Has-Flown-Jack-Higg...

PeteinSQ

2,333 posts

216 months

Friday 27th January 2023
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I like the Bernie Gunther novels by Phillip Kerr.

Also can highly recommend Berlin by Len Deighton

E63eeeeee...

4,423 posts

55 months

Friday 27th January 2023
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Dennis Lehane is consistently pretty good, among others he wrote Mystic River. A bit nastier than the Reacher books.

Gone a bit AMG

6,907 posts

203 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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If you liked Reacher try Jack Slater The trapp series
Anything by Andy Maslen I’ve done all of Gabriel Wolfe and Stella Cole thrillers

And absolutely anything by Stephen Leather. Every single book of his I’ve loved.