James Patterson writes some very interesting books, he does the Alex Cross (detective) ones they made movies from. He also does the Murder Club series(a group of women-lawyer, DA, etc who solve murders), Michael Bennett mystery series, 'Private' series (about a chain of private detective agencies in different countries), and a ton of others. He's written over 100 books. Almost all of them are really good. He does a lot of writing with other people too sort of like Tom Clancy does. I think they do the plot and let someone else write the words but they are still good to read. I think I've only come across one that I couldn't get into. I usually grab his books as soon as they come to the library.