Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs are good if you like crime dramas. K Riechs books are the basis for the tv show "Bones"If you like King and Koontz , try Boy's life, Swan Song, and Stinger by Robert Mc Cammon. ( these are all fairly old books ....published in the late 80's and early 90's. They are all really good and McCammons Swan Song rivals King"s "The Stand". any day