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Go to the baen free library and pull it down. It fits all of the categories you listed. Of course, the content tilts towards scifi/fantasy so there will be action thrillers, but they will be scifi/fantasy action thrillers.
In regard to Max Brand and Zane Gray - its been years since I read those. Although both authors wrote westerns, they have two distinctly different styles. Max Brand wrote about western hero's. Guys that rode into town and cleaned it up. They had the fastest guns and toughest fists around. I would say that Zane Gray is more of the Harlequin Romance of westerns, but given modern standards that will give you the wrong idea. He wasn't near so explicit as we are today, but it was always about some guy and gal trying to get together. There was a lot of emotional passion. Yes, the guy was usually a hero, but there was a lot more emphasis on trying to woo the gal.
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