I have many favourite authors of spy novels, crime and thrillers. There are the older greats of the writing world and many new entrants who have immense talent. Some of my favourites include: John Verdon, Jo Nesbo, Ian Rankin, Agatha Christie, James Ellroy, Michelle Rowe, Hjorth Rosenfeldt, James Lee Burke, J. D. Robb, Philip Kerr, Karin Slaughter, Ragnar Jonasson, Maurizio De Giovanni and Peter James.
Other great writers and books are:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Hour of the Wolf by Hakan Nesser
Alex by Pierre Lemaitre
Heartstone by C J Sansom
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
Innocent by Scott Turow
Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indridason
Frozen Moment by Camilla Ceder
Djibouti by Elmore Leonard
The Collini Case by Ferdinand von Schirach
Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas
Splinter by Sebastian Fitzek
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
Cell 8 by Roslund & Hellstrom
The Vault by Ruth Rendell
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles
In Memory of David’s Buick by Bob Saar
August Heat by Andrea Camilleri
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
Someone to Watch Over Me by Yrsa Sigurdadottir
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky
A Delicate Truth by John le Carré
The Frozen Dead by Bernard Minier
Bed of Nails by Antonin Varenne
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming
Bleeding Heart Square by Andrew Taylor
61 Hours by Lee Child
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
Darkside by Belinda Bauer
Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves
The House at Sea’s End by Elly Griffiths
Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson
A Deniable Death by Gerald Seymour
Camino Winds by John Grisham
Win by Harlan Coben
The Fox by Frederick Forsyth
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
Truth by Peter Temple
One of my last all time favourite is the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Thrillers, political thrillers and fiction generally has been taken to new heights by companies such as Netflix and Amazon.
Many authors who are listed above are very popular and they have been translated into many other languages such as French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
Why not pick up a book from one of these great writers and spend a few hours enjoying being with yourself and the author.
