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Originally Posted by Doitsu
I liked the original Vince Flynn books, but not the sequels written by Kyle Mills, who's a rather unimaginative author. IMHO, Eisler is OK, but not as good as Flynn. (I've also read most of the Gabriel Allon novels by Daniel Silva and most Clancy novels.)
That's my problem. Apparently nobody really writes good novels in this genre. Also Forsyth's last 2 novels read like they were written by ghostwriter.
I liked Fatherland, but his more recent books, e.g., Conclave, didn't captivate me.
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out.
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No, your problem is like many readers, you have managed to out-read the writers.
Most genres go in cycles. It's whatever is popular at a given time. I don't keep that much up with the thriller genre. I'm more of a SF&F guy who reads occasional thrillers. The big international thriller craze seemed to peak back in the 90's and early 2000's. There are several that I read during that time that I really liked, James H Cobb's original novels for example. I guess the Jack Reacher series is the big thriller these days, though it's not my cup of tea. Patterson and Baldacci are two authors I hear mentioned a lot as well.