Peter Straub, Peter Straub, Anthony DiGiacomo, Anne Rice, Tony Ruggiero
Harris Thomas: Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs
Lee Child: the Reacher series, thriller novels about an ex-military policeman drifting around the U.S., always falling into assassination plots, serial killers, kidnappings. begin w/ Killing Floor
Bernard Cornwell: Richard Sharpe series (historical fiction), a Rifleman, marksman, swordsman in the the British Army during the Napoleonic wars. exciting battles, sword fights, missions, and plots. begin w/ Sharpe’s Rifles
try these search sites:
http://www.allreaders.com find authors similar to your favorites, search by genre
http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/search enter a book you like and the site analyzes their database to make a suggestion
http://www.overbooked.org/booklists/index.html
http://www.overbooked.org/genres/index.html
http://www.authorsden.com/categories/books.asp?catID=52 64 categories and genres to search through