Books like Running blind
12 books with a reading profile close to Running blind by Lee Child. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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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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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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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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The Partner
by John Grisham
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
After faking his own death in a car accident, Mississippi lawyer Patrick Lanigan flees to Brazil with ninety million dollars stolen from his firm’s offshore accounts.
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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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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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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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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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The Good Guy
by Dean Koontz
Also practical and clear-cut · 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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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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Look Again
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.
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