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12 books with a reading profile close to THE HARD LINE by Mark Greaney. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 HOPE RISES

    HOPE RISES

    by David Baldacci

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    In the second installment of the Walter Nash series, the protagonist operates under a false identity to infiltrate and dismantle a vast international crime syndicate.

  2. 2 Falling

    Falling

    by T.J. Newman

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    Pilot Bill Hoffman boards Coastal Airways Flight 416 only to discover a terrorist has kidnapped his family.

  3. 3 The King of Torts

    The King of Torts

    by John Grisham

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    Clay Carter works as a low-paid public defender in Washington, D.C., until a routine murder case reveals a pharmaceutical scandal.

  4. 4 The Butcher

    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.

  5. 5 Bad Luck and Trouble

    Bad Luck and Trouble

    by Lee Child

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    Jack Reacher is pulled out of his nomadic lifestyle when he receives a coded bank deposit from a former member of his old elite military police unit.

  6. 6 The Visitor

    The Visitor

    by Lee Child

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    In this thriller, former military policeman Jack Reacher becomes the primary suspect in a series of highly calculated murders.

  7. 7 Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

    by David Baldacci

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    Web London is an elite operative within the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team whose life shatters during a high-stakes raid on a drug laboratory.

  8. 8 The Rooster Bar

    The Rooster Bar

    by John Grisham

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    Third-year law students Mark Frazier, Todd Lucero, and Zola Maal arrive at the realization that their private institution, Foggy Bottom Law School, is a diploma mill designed to trap them in lifelong debt.

  9. 9 The President Is Missing

    The President Is Missing

    by Bill Clinton

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    President Jonathan Lincoln Duncan faces a looming cyberattack known as Dark Ages, which threatens to wipe out the United States' entire digital infrastructure.

  10. 10 False Memory

    False Memory

    by Dean Koontz

    Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

    Martie Rhodes experiences a sudden, paralyzing fear of her own reflection, a condition known as autophobia.

  11. 11 Drowning

    Drowning

    by T.J. Newman

    Also practical and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment

    Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Honolulu, coming to rest on a precarious undersea ledge.

  12. 12 Five Total Strangers

    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.

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