Recommend a good thriller or spy novel set in DC
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Anonymous
| I read all the James Patterson books and all of the David Baldacci books. Looking for something else. |
Anonymous
| House of Cards by Michael Dobbs |
Anonymous
Books only. And the novel ISN'T set in DC. |
Anonymous
| Anything by Tom Clancy |
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The next genre over: noir detective reads. George Pelicano has written a bunch of them set in DC in the 70s.
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Anonymous
+1 |
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Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol is a good mindless thriller set in DC. It has the same protagonist as The Da Vinci Code. It includes a bit of a goose chase around Washington DC.
Agree with the Tom Clancy series. I'm fond of the Jack Ryan series including the John Clark spin-offs. But avoid the Jack Ryan Jr series. I read the first two and they are very weak novels. The Sentinel by Gerald Petievich. This is the book that the 2006 movie starring Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland and Eva Longoria were in. The movie was good. I have no idea if the book that the movie was based on was good, but I'd give it a try. If you are interested in good non-fiction books set in DC, then I found Ronald Kessler's The Bureau to be an interesting read. Likewise with Madeleine Albright's Madame Secretary both of which gripped me like a thriller. |
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All of the George Pelecanos books are FABULOUS but all are set in 60's, 70's, 80's as I recall (have read them all and am desperate for him to write something NEW)!!!
Very gritty, down to earth in the streets DC writer. I could not stop once I started! He also produced and wrote for The Wire and lives in Silver Spring which is kind of cool - so he really knows the mean streets of DC! 
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Anonymous
| I've done a lot of James Patterson and David Baldacci too- for a very similar genre (and set around DC) you could try Vince Flynn, specifically the "Mitch Rapp" books. There are a bunch of them, so it would last you for a while. |