Recommendations based on The Affairby Lee Child

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  1. Worth Dying For

    by Lee Child
    An ex-military cop confronts a dangerous drug cartel while trying to rescue a kidnapped child.

    Following the events of, 61 Hours, , Jack Reacher is on his way to Virginia to meet Maj. Susan Turner, the current commanding officer of his old unit, the 110th Military Police Squadron. En route, he ... (Wikipedia)

  2. 61 Hours

    by Lee Child
    An ex-military cop races against the clock to uncover a sinister plot and protect a witness in small-town South Dakota.

    Jack Reacher is hitching a ride on a senior citizen's tour through South Dakota in the middle of winter when the bus skids out on the interstate, disabling it. Together with the bus driver and the ... (Wikipedia)

  3. Never Go Back

    by Lee Child
    Ex-army cop Jack Reacher returns to take on a powerful adversary.

    At a motel outside Washington D.C. , former army cop Jack Reacher is confronted by two men, who call him a disgrace and order him to leave town. Reacher refuses, and subdues them in a brief ... (Wikipedia)

  4. Buried Prey

    by John Sandford
    Detective Lucas Davenport investigates a long-forgotten case of two missing teenage girls.

    A house demolition provides an unpleasant surprise for Minneapolis-the bodies of two girls, wrapped in plastic. It looks like they've been there a long time. Lucas Davenport knows exactly how long. ... (Goodreads)

  5. Taken

    by Robert Crais
    A private investigator and an ex-Marine team up to solve a kidnapping case.

    When Nita Morales hires Elvis Cole to find her missing adult daughter, she isn’t afraid, even though she’s gotten a phone call asking for ransom. She knows it’s a fake, that her daughter is off with ... (Goodreads)

  6. A Darkness More Than Night

    by Michael Connelly
    Detective Harry Bosch investigates a series of murders, uncovering secrets and lies in the process.

    Terry McCaleb, the retired FBI agent who starred in the bestseller "Blood Work," is asked by the LAPD to help them investigate aseries of murders that have them baffled. They are the kind of ... (Goodreads)

  7. Stolen Prey

    by John Sandford
    A crime thriller involving a former cop's pursuit of a criminal mastermind.

    Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnesota town of Wayzata, an entire family has been killed—husband, wife, two daughters, dogs. There’s ... (Goodreads)

  8. Kill Shot

    by Vince Flynn
    An ex-CIA operative is called back to action to stop a political assassination plot.

    #1, New York Times, bestselling author of, American Assassin,—now a major motion picture Vince Flynn’s intensely suspenseful #1, New York Times, bestseller puts the young, hungry, and lethal ... (Goodreads)

  9. Stay Close

    by Harlan Coben
    Thriller involving a family caught in a web of secrets and lies.

    Megan is a suburban soccer mom who once upon a time walked on the wild side. Now she’s got two kids, a perfect husband, a picket fence, and a growing sense of dissatisfaction. Ray used to be a ... (Goodreads)

  10. American Assassin

    by Vince Flynn
    CIA recruits and trains Mitch Rapp to become a lethal assassin, seeking revenge against terrorists who killed his girlfriend.

    Mitch Rapp is a gifted college athlete who just wants retribution for the Pan Am Lockerbie attack. He trains six months intensely with other clandestine operatives, under CIA Operations Director ... (Goodreads)

  11. The Drop

    by Michael Connelly
    A Los Angeles Police detective investigates a case of lost money and a missing girl.

    The book was mentioned in a February 2011 interview, where Connelly explained that Bosch would be "handling two cases at once, a cold case that turns hot and the politically charged investigation ... (Wikipedia)

  12. The Racketeer

    by John Grisham
    An imprisoned lawyer discovers a sinister plot, using his knowledge of the law to uncover the truth.

    Malcolm Bannister is an African American attorney in a small-town Virginia law firm. A real estate transaction which he undertook in good faith turns out to have involved the purchase of a secluded ... (Wikipedia)

  13. The Hit

    by David Baldacci
    A retired secret service agent is recruited to track down a missing witness.

    Will Robie is a master of killing. A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming ... (Goodreads)

  14. Zero Day

    by David Baldacci
    A master hacker threatens the world with a dangerous virus, and a secret agency must stop him.

    —Review by, Kirkus Reviews, , —Review by, Daily Express, , ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Patriot Games

    by Tom Clancy
    A former CIA analyst must protect his family from domestic terrorists, while thwarting a major international conspiracy.

    A kidnapping attempt on the Prince and Princess of Wales and their infant son occurs at the Mall in London . The attack is orchestrated by members of the Ulster Liberation Army , an ideologically ... (Wikipedia)

  16. Live Wire

    by Harlan Coben
    An ex-marine tries to protect his family from a dangerous and unknown threat.

    When Myron's client, former tennis star Suzze T, and her rock star husband, Lex Ryder, encounter an anonymous Facebook post questioning the paternity of their unborn child, Lex runs off. Suzze – at ... (Wikipedia)

  17. 11/22/63

    by Stephen King
    A time-traveler attempts to prevent the assassination of JFK.

    Jake Epping is a recently divorced high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine , earning extra money teaching a GED class. Epping gives an assignment to his adult students, asking them to ... (Wikipedia)

  18. Doctor Sleep

    by Stephen King
    A man confronts his dark past as he defends a young girl from a supernatural evil.

    Following the events of The Shining , after receiving a settlement from the owners of the Overlook Hotel, Danny Torrance remains psychologically traumatized as his mother Wendy slowly recovers from ... (Wikipedia)

  19. The Bourne Identity

    by Robert Ludlum
    An amnesiac assassin must uncover his past and true identity in a deadly search for the truth.

    The preface of the novel consists of two real-life newspaper articles from 1975 about terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as " Carlos the Jackal ." The story opens with gunfire on a boat in the ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Back Spin

    by Harlan Coben
    Sports agent Myron Bolitar investigates the disappearance of a golf star's wife, uncovering dark secrets and danger.

    In Back Spin, sports agent Myron Bolitar is called on to investigate the kidnapping of Chad Coldren, son of two professional golfers, while Chad's father Jack is well on his way to winning the U.S. ... (Wikipedia)

  21. The Last Coyote

    by Michael Connelly
    A detective investigating the murder of his mother, trekking through a criminal underworld.

    Bosch is involved in an incident at work and has been put on involuntary stress leave. He must go through therapy sessions to be able to return to work. This involves talking about the incident and ... (Wikipedia)

  22. The Expats

    by Chris Pavone
    A mother's journey of espionage and suspense, unravelling a mysterious past.

    Kate Moore is a working mother, struggling to make ends meet, to raise children, to keep a spark in her marriage . . . and to maintain an increasingly unbearable life-defining secret. So when her ... (Goodreads)

  23. Memory Man

    by David Baldacci
    A detective investigates a suspicious death, unraveling a complex web of secrets and lies.

    This "impossible to put down" #1, New York Times, bestseller introduces Amos Decker, a gifted police detective with a perfect memory who must solve a mystery he wishes he could forget: his family's ... (Barnes & Noble)

  24. The Fiery Cross

    by Diana Gabaldon
    Epic saga of a time-traveling couple navigating the dangers of 18th century Scotland.

    Claire, the heroine of Outlander , figures in The Fiery Cross as a reluctant oracle and wife to Jamie Fraser, her 18th-century partner, and faces the politics and turmoil of the forthcoming American ... (Wikipedia)

  25. Open Season

    by C.J. Box
    Game warden Joe Pickett investigates the murder of an environmental activist, uncovering a web of corruption and danger in the Wyoming wilderness.

    Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts, and the game warden–especially one like Joe who won't take bribes or look the other way--is far from ... (Goodreads)

  26. A Breath of Snow and Ashes

    by Diana Gabaldon
    A time-traveling story of loss and redemption, as characters confront the past and the future.

    Claire is the wife of Jamie Fraser, her 18th century husband, and facing the politics and turmoil of the forthcoming American Revolution . The preceding novel,, The Fiery Cross, , concluded with ... (Wikipedia)

  27. The Cardinal of the Kremlin

    by Tom Clancy
    US and Soviet forces battle for control of a powerful satellite system.

    For thirty years, Colonel Mikhail Semyonovich "Misha" Filitov, a personal aide to the Soviet Minister of Defense and war hero, has been passing military, technical, and political intelligence to the ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Notorious Nineteen

    by Janet Evanovich
    Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter, is on the hunt for a used car dealer who has skipped bail. Chaos ensues.

    New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is certain of three truths: People don’t just vanish into thin air. Never anger old people. And don’t do what Tiki tells you to do. After a slow summer of ... (Goodreads)

  29. Kingdom of the Blind

    by Louise Penny
    Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates a will dispute and a murder in a remote farmhouse.

    When a peculiar letter arrives inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head of the Sûreté du Québec discovers that a complete stranger has named him one of the executors of her ... (Goodreads)

  30. Only Time Will Tell

    by Jeffrey Archer
    A thrilling saga of one man's journey from poverty to power.

    The plot revolves around the protagonist Harry Clifton, spanning the time between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Second World War . The novel is set in Bristol, England, from 1919 to ... (Wikipedia)