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Books like No Plan B

12 books with a reading profile close to No Plan B by Lee Child, Andrew Child. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

Personal

by Lee Child

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

In Lee Child’s nineteenth Jack Reacher novel, the protagonist is recruited by the State Department and the CIA to track down John Kott, a world-class sniper recently released from prison.
2

The Affair

by Lee Child

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Set in 1997, the story serves as a prequel featuring Jack Reacher as a Major in the Mississippi backwoods.
3

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.
4

Zero Days

by Ruth Ware

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Jack and Gabe are a husband-and-wife team of professional pen-testers hired by companies to hack security systems and physically breach office buildings.
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.
6

Look Again

by Lisa Scottoline

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Ellen Gleeson, a single mother and journalist, receives a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail featuring a face that matches her adopted son, Will.
7

Five Total Strangers

by Natalie D. Richards

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Mira finds herself stranded at a snowy airport three days before Christmas, desperate to reach her grieving mother.
8

Velocity

by Dean Koontz

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Billy Wiles, a quiet bartender and aspiring writer, finds a cryptic note tucked under his windshield wiper presenting a lethal ultimatum.
9

The beach house

by James Patterson, Peter De Jonge

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Jack Mullen is a law student whose life changes when his brother, Peter, is found dead on the shores of East Hampton.
10

The Butcher

by Jennifer Hillier

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

In 1985, the Beacon Hill Butcher claimed his final victims before being killed by Edward Shank, a respected socialite.
11

The Chemist

by Stephenie Meyer

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Alex is a former government interrogator living underground to escape the agency that once employed her.
12

Op-Center

by Jeff Rovin, Tom Clancy

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

The story follows Paul Hood, the newly appointed director of the National Crisis Management Center, a high-tech intelligence agency designed to bypass traditional bureaucracy.

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