Tom Cain, Lee Child..... anyone else simlar??

Garrett

Anyone heard on Mat Hilton's Joe Hunter, if so are they any good?
I linked in the Kindle part but link to his books here.

dUnKle

I read the first. Again just yet another in the overly saturated "lone bloke turns up, acts mysterious, gets stuff done, clint Eastwood would of played him if it was a movie in the 70s" type of books.

I blame Lee Child, Reacher was a breath of fresh air all those years back, but everyone jumped on band wagon. Publishers even started to do "that" cover. They even re released books from years ago with similar covers (Cole / Pike) books.

Sadly even Lee Child is generic and formulaic these days.

Garrett

Just said the same thing in the Kindle section.
I not read any Lee Child yet but although the Ben Hope series could be like Reacher I suppose, in Ben's books there always some scientific or historical reason for the story and come away with some knowledge you did not know before and although can be read in any order they do have a some thread going though them.
Ben Hope and Will Robie the big find of mine last year.

dean5098

That is a problem with teacher. There's no character development at all. Reacher turns up. Cracks skulls. moves on. Bangs a few birds along the way. [emoji23]

dUnKle

All those type of books seem to now be the same. An adult maguyver!
They may start out little different, ex cia, rogue FBI, loner kicked out of army, very clever family man whose said family where killed, loving dad protecting child, orange chap with blu hat and long arms (nope actually that's mr tickle) but after a couple of books it's the same

Go somewhere, do something, shag someone and leave. Along way there is a small amount of danger and possibly a slightly different set piece but any suspense is gone as you know, come October a new hardback will be out ready for Christmas.

Reacher is nothing new, I loved the first few McNab fiction books and the very first one still ranks as one of my top 20 but as with everything they became stale.  Now Reacher has done the same and so to have all the bandwagon jumpers.

For series at moment I'm sticking with the Tom Clancy world (whilst not as great as once where they at least have enough characters and stuff going on that there is a chance main characters will die and people will change) and also The Mitch Rapp books. Other than that I'm mixing up my reading with more stand alone books.

Garrett

I did not know Lee Child is British, as is Scott Mariani author of the Ben Hope series. As I say I not read any Lee Child yet although have the first one.
Ben Hope I would not say like Reacher from what I have read some of his story's are global conspiracy's. And think any one who likes Reacher should have a crack at the Ben Hope series but not Star of Africa as I believe a 2 parter and the second parts not out yet.

As for the quote I cant remeber Ben having any ramtickeyfercal and hardly ever swears, although all the killing he does did fancy becoming  priest and almost became a monk in one book, but by the end had a large body count to his name
Reminds me a bit of Dalton's Bond, nice chap to be on the same side as but boy no way you want to get on his bad side.

Garrett

I hope your save the last one of his as it comes in two parts, not unless you like long pauses between cliffehangers and resolution to it, although I see the follow up to Star of Africa, The Devils Kingdom out next month.
>The Martyr's Curse< is on Kindle right now at 99p

Garrett

Anyone read any of the books with the character John Rain? only person I see mentioned him gone and got banned.

Drax1

I'm a big fan of the Spider Shepherd books. I've read all of them , and am looking forward to this spin off which features the lovely Charlotte Button, and the very shady Lex Harper. It's out on 23/12/16 for the Kindle.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Takedown-Stephen-Leather/dp/1473605520/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480937912&sr=8-1&keywords=the takedown

                                                                                                                                       

dUnKle

I was always having them recommended to me based on my book preferences so gave the first one a go. As I remember it had the main character suffering more tragedy in book one than Nick Stone has in 18 or so novels and was set in a prison.

I really struggled with it and come the end had no desire to go forward with the series. Main reason though was due to reading other similar series it offered nothing I had not read before

Similar to when I just started The American Assassin, the first, chronological, Mitch Rapp book.  Now I read one years ago, the White House siege based book and enjoyed it. But really struggled with this "first" book and gave up half way, there where some good moments, but again I had read pretty much the same thing before and felt had no need stick with the series.

I'm sticking with the Scott Mariani novels having enjoyed the first and in terms of series I'll stick with Lee Child, McNab and Chris Ryan.  Other than that and the "Tom Clancy" world books I'm struggling with a running series of books, but did just do the first James Barrington book and actually enjoyed that