Like many of you, I am an avid consumer of thriller novels.  As a teen I was introduced to the world of spies and assassins by Ludlum, Clancy, and Fleming. Through the years I have expanded my library to include Le Carre, Flynn, Thor, Taylor, Silva, Morell and others. The idea of the “rough man, ready to do violence” has resonated with audiences for decades and many readers have spent their nights with a favorite beverage in one hand, and a favorite novel in the other.