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I should preface this with I read books only for enjoyment at home...

The "Mitch Rapp" series by Vince Flynn is a good visceral read

I like the John Sanford "Prey" series for crime thrillers

The Jean Aual "Children of the Earth" series will have you wanting to hunt Mammoth during the cold winter months

Also the Stephen Hunter "Bob Lee Swagger" books have some good twists if you like sniper books
+1 on John Sandford. Gritty, suspenseful police thrillers. The author was a journalist for 20 years, won a Pulitzer, decided to make up the stories instead of reporting on them.

Also has a related string of novels on another detective named Virgil Flowers but the titles don't all have the same theme through them.

Side note: John Sandford (aka John Camp) supports the archaeological excavation in Israel where I dig with students every few years. He doesn't support our students, but pays almost in full the capital expenses of the excavation, which is amazing.