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Thanks for the recommendations. I've jotted down the names and looked at some random titles at Amazon.
The Harlan Coben standalones seem to be closest to what I had in mind. Robert Goddard looks especially intriguing as well.
I've read all the Alistair MacLean books already. I also read Lawrence Sanders years ago. Desmond Bagley is a new name to me; I'll keep that one for future reference. John Buchan is only familiar to me from the Hitchcock adaptation, so I may have to check him out.
Andrew Vachss seems a little too hard-boiled for me, even though I like classic hard-boiled. I've never read Dick Francis--I'm not a fan of the horse-racing milieu.
I did want to avoid series--basically because I'm looking for a focus on average people rather than trained professionals, and that pretty much means a stand-alone. But I'm keeping all recommendations for future reference!
Thanks to all!
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