Opps! I was thinking "nomination"! You and Issybird are right, of course, and I'll fix it now.

sufue, you have that vote back.

My fault; I should have said selection.

I nominate the first Mr. Moto story, Your Turn, Mr. Moto (aka No Hero) by John P. Marquand.

Amazon - $7.99
https://www.amazon.com/Your-Turn-Mr-...dp/B010N0057O/

Kobo - $8.69
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/your-turn-mr-moto

B&N Nook - $9.49
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/you...and/1000150561

or three for $13.99
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the...and/1123906456

Well, darn! I don't read all that many thriller-ish/suspence-ish/crime-ish, as opposed to mystery-ish books, so will have to think hard. I wonder what else I remember reading under the covers with a flashlight....

Also, given my previous problem, is there a list somewhere of books that have already been "done"?

EDIT: Never mind - just found the list....

I'll second "Your turn Mr. Moto"

Okay, I've come up with another one, and checked the overall list of selections, and also nominations in the last six months - in any month that seemed as if it might be applicable. And this title seems clean...

So here goes:

Alistair MacLean was another of my favorite "flashlight-under-the-covers" thriller authors, and probably one of his most famous books is his first, The Guns of Navarone. What's more, it's quite nicely priced at Kindle UK right now, and not too bad at Kindle US either. And, IMO, it's also among his best, so that's my replacement nomination.

Kindle US, $5.99: https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Navarone...dp/B0047T6W3Y/
Kindle UK, £0.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guns-Navaro...dp/B0047T6W3Y/

I'll second The Guns of Navarone.

I think someone should nominate a book that's a crime that it's been written.

I'll third The Guns of Navarone.

I'll third Your Turn, Mr. Moto. While the idea of a white man (Peter Lorre) playing a Japanese role in the movies is not something most people are comfortable with today, the basic idea of an oriental detective in a society where orientals at the time were not given their due respect was probably considered very forward thinking when the books on which the movies were based were written.

And IIRC (it has been a very long time since I've read any of them) there's some pretty interesting political/world affairs background in the series too...

Okay, here are two - take your pick - but I'm not wasting my last remaining vote on either...

Political Murder and Dot Com Murder are both horribly written/produced continuations in the John Thatcher series by Emma Lathen, so I think it's fair to say that it's a crime either of these was written. The premise (continuing with John's daughter, Elizabeth, as the protagonist) is sort of cute, but I only made it through about three or four pages of one of them that I KU'd to try out, and then just glanced at the sample of the other, which was just as bad.

These are sort of part-and-parcel of the "Deaver Brown/Simply Media" incredibly badly produced ebook publication of the excellent original John Thatcher titles, discussed on MR starting both here and here. (I'm still relying on my PDFs of my old aged-brown paperbacks, which gives a clue as to how badly produced these are...)

Anyway, up to someone else to waste a vote on one of these if they wish :D, but I do think either meets your request.

I third Vanishing Act.

Since we need more books with three nods, it's time to give Playing with Fire and Stillhouse Lake nods instead of trying to come up with new nominations.

I second Playing With Fire.