Name that author

[jwgh]

On a busy European street, the killer serpentined through a crowd. He was a powerful man. Dark and potent. Deceptively agile. His muscles still felt hard from the thrill of his meeting.

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[junquegrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm going to say Douglas Preston or that dude who wrote the Da Vinci Code... ah - Dan Brown?

[jwgh]

Dan Brown it is!

[junquegrrl.livejournal.com]

my other guess was going to be Clive Cussler.

these guys... they spin an interesting yarn, but MAN, their writing STINKS. i want to torch someone who says "Dan Brown is my favorite writer" because... well, he is a TERRIBLE writer! I'd take "i enjoy his books," but nothing lauding his actual writing skills. guess i'm just a big snob.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

I was going to say early Robert Ludlum, but even though he's released 4 books since he died, they're more polished than the sample.

I'm gonna say Dan Brown. I'm certain the second sample is Dan Brown, but only because about 3 thrillers have ever set themselves at CERN. And there was one set at the Superconducting SuperCollider, but that was more SF. And it had a hivemind in it.