I really like Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series. It’s best to read them in order (The Killing Floor is the first one). Lee Child is a British author but you would never know it. Occasionally, not even in every book, there’s a little aside that leads you to believe Child is not a conservative (he’s not). But it’s not long or preachy. The action is always pretty good.
One book in the series to stay away from though is “Nothing To Lose”. It’s horrible and was written about the time Obama won his first term. so I can only think Child was feeling all Hopey Changey.
I just finished the new Reacher book last night. “The Midnight Line”. Excellent read especially if you served in the military and it puts the opiate situation in a new light. I like almost any novel written by a Spook, especially the British MI6 Spooks. Gerald Seymour is one of them. If you are into military sci-fi, John Ringo is the best although he seems to have gone to ground recently. His “Ghost” and “Kildar” series are my favorites. Since we re-joined the public library a decade or so ago, we have saved five figures in books. Suck it, Barnes & Noble.
Well, either that or from New York City.
I read a number of books by British authors and they all have a positive phobia about fire arms. You start reading a book and someone starts having hysterics at the sight of a gun and 98% of the time it is a contemporary British author.