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Originally Posted by Catlady
Possibly Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X novels?
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I liked the first one, but each subsequent book got worse. (The last one is utter garbage.) IMHO, many of his standalone books are much better.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
Also, Tom Rob Smith's Child 44 novels
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IIRC, I started the fist one, but never finished it.
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Originally Posted by ametzler
FWIW I have just read my first Vince Flynn novel (Transfer of Power), I thought it was quite bit pedestrian compared to Eisler's first Rain novel. I hope it gets better ;-) (Eisler does not.)
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IMHO, the quality of the books gets somewhat better.
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Originally Posted by ametzler
Tom Wood's Victor series is similar to Eisler.
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Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out.
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Jack Reacher works very well for me as a over-the-top but competently written entertainment.
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The Jack Reacher books are definitely very well written, but too much over-the-top for my taste.