Barry Eisler is one of my favorite mental floss writers. Barry writes thrillers about a bad-ass named John Rain. Rain is half-Japanese, half American assassin who specializes in making his kills look like natural causes. Oh – and he’s good with the women.
His books, in order, are Rain Fall, Hard Rain, Rain Storm, Killing Rain, and (in June) The Last Assassin, Now, Barry has a blog
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Gotta love ole' John Rain!
Who would you have playing John Rain in the movie versions? Not Jet Li and not Chow Yun Fat (spelling?), hopefully.
Nicholai Hel from Trevanian's Shibumi might be the original....???
I would say Russell Wong from "Romeo Must Die" (2000) movie would be the suitable candidate for the role as he's got the Pan-Asian look and the martial art expertise to be John Rain.
mfz.
If you like intelligent thrillers there are a group of really great British thriller/adventure writers that are worth checking out. They aren't very well known in the U.S. but personally they’re my favorites. My list includes Lionel Davidson (Kolymsky Heights, The Rose of Tibet), Hammond Innes (The Strode Venturer, Campbell’s Kingdom), Geoffrey Household (Rogue Male, Dance of the Dwarfs) and the original master of the genre Eric Ambler (Journey into Fear, A Coffin for Dimitrios, Judgment on Deltchev).
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