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Jack Du Brul has a series of books about a mining engineer who gets caught up in all kinds of global plots. A bit over the top but fun.

Vince Flynn has a series of books about a CIA operative (Mitch Rapp) who becomes the countries top anti-terrorist assassin.

It's a single book (sold to become a Movie) called "The Rabbit Factory" about the hunt for a killer in a LA Theme park. Author is Marshall Karp. He has a few other books out as well but I have not read them.

There is a whole series of "Agent Pendergast" novels from two authors: Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Try "Relic", "Reliquary" as the first two.

Douglas Preston also has a bunch of stand-alone action/adventure/thriller novels. ("The Ice Limit", "Riptide", "Thunderhead", etc.) He also spent a year in Italy and became involved in a real cold-case of a un-solved series of murders. He annoyed the powers-that-be so much that he was invited to be arrested or leave the country ("The Monster of Florence").

Michael Connelly has a bunch of FBI and Police novels (some of which have been made into movies like "Blood Work"). Try "The Poet" as a good example.

Daniel Silva has a series of books about a young Jewish art restorer who gets recruited by the Israel secret service to hunt down terrorists. I think "The English Assassin" is the first novel in the series - but check. Serious but well written.

While a bit lower-key in the adventure area, Kathy Reich has a series of books about a ex-alcoholic forensics anthropologist that is the loose basis for the "Bones" TV series. While I like the show - the books are better.

It's more humor than adventure but Lisa Lutz has written a series of "Spellman" novels about a family-owned detective agency in San Francisco. The slacker daughter is a bit autobiographical but the characters are interesting. Note: Lisa's training was in writing screenplays and her writing style reflects this. Dont let it put you off.