Apologies for the late entry, but I only just joined the forum and I felt I had to answer this thread. I'm male and I have to say I find the Jack Reacher books a bit too macho. I only read a few, but it seems like he never gets as much as a papercut while he demolishes everyone else. Further to that, in one of them I figured out the plot twist 50 pages in, which was a bit disappointing. I think what I find most off-putting is the very staccato writing style, e.g. "He turned around. The bad guy was there. I tore out his throat. He bled. He died."
But that's just my 2 cents
If you want Crime/Thriller with a good dose of humour, I cannot recommend scottish Christopher Brookmyre enough. He is fantastic.
/Bjoern