Books like Eye of the Needle
12 books with a reading profile close to Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
I Am Pilgrim
by Terry Hayes
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
The story follows a retired intelligence agent, known by the codename Pilgrim, who is pulled back into the field to stop a global biological threat.
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2
Running blind
by Lee Child
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
In Jack Reacher’s fourth outing, the FBI blackmails the former military policeman into profiling a serial killer targeting female ex-soldiers.
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3
The Eleventh Commandment
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Connor Fitzgerald is a professional assassin for the CIA and a devoted family man who has kept his violent occupation a secret for twenty-eight years.
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4
The Runaway Jury
by John Grisham
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark trial pits a widow against Pynex, a massive tobacco corporation.
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5
Whiteout
by Ken Follett
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
The plot centers on Toni Gallo, the head of security for a pharmaceutical lab in Scotland, who discovers a vial of the lethal Madoba-2 virus has been stolen.
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6
Airframe
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Casey Singleton, a quality assurance vice president at Norton Aircraft, leads an investigation after a Flight 545 wide-body jet undergoes a violent mid-air pitch oscillation that leaves three passengers dead and dozens…
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7
The Club
by Ellery Lloyd
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
The Club follows the elite staff and celebrity members of Home Group during the violent launch of Island Home, a private resort off the English coast.
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8
The Rainmaker
by John Grisham
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Rudy Baylor is a newly licensed attorney struggling to survive in a Memphis legal market saturated with practitioners.
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9
Face Off
by David Baldacci, Dennis Lehane
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Face Off is a collection of eleven short stories featuring collaborations between twenty-three prominent thriller writers.
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10
The Good Guy
by Dean Koontz
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Timothy Carrier is an ordinary stonemason who happens to be sitting in a quiet tavern when a stranger mistakes him for a professional assassin.
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11
Sting
by Sandra Brown
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Shawna Rae Diamond wakes up in a secluded cabin after being kidnapped from a bar by Mickey Bolden.
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12
Sole Survivor
by Dean Koontz
Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Joe Carpenter is a man still grieving a year after his wife and young daughter died in a plane crash.
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