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I'll +1 to Lee Child, Scott Horvath, and Stephen Hunter.
In the Bob Lee Swagger series I was only disappointed with "The 47th Samurai," though I haven't read the last two in the series yet. It was still entertaining but totally failed to suspend my disbelief that Bob could learn to sword-fight that well, regardless of his natural talents.
I'd point you also to Frederik Forsyth (Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Deceiver, The Fourth Protocol, and more). The pacing of his early work might seem a little slow to a modern reader but he is one of the fathers of the genre.
My favorite author in this genre is probably Robert Ludlum (The Osterman Weekend, The Bourne Identity, The Sigma Protocol, and many more). It doesn't hurt that another favorite author, Eric Van Lustbader, continued the Bourne series. Lustbader is perhaps lighter on the intricate political twists but better at writing the action scenes.
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