Novels about assassins

I wrote this up for another website and thought I'd share it here as well. Obviously it's not an exhaustive list, but these are some of my favorites.

Lawrence Block -- Hit Man, Hit List, Hit Parade
Barry Eisler -- Rain Fall, Hard Rain, Rain Storm, etc. (6 books in the John Rain series)
Frederick Forsyth -- The Day of the Jackal
Geoffrey Household -- Rogue Male
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Matarese Circle, The Matarese Countdown
David Morrell -- The Brotherhood of the Rose, The Fraternity of the Stone, The League of Night and Fog
Warren Murphy & Molly Cochran -- Grandmaster
Thomas Perry -- The Butcher's Boy, Sleeping Dogs
Daniel Silva -- The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, etc. (7 books in the Gabriel Allon series so far)
Trevanian -- The Eiger Sanction, The Loo Sanction, Shibumi

What are some of your favorites?

(Considering that my novel also features an assassin as the protagonist, this is clearly a topic that I enjoy too much.)

Comments

[Don Anderson]

FOR THE DOGS and PEOPLE DIE by Kevin Wignall; and
THE WINTER OF FRANKIE MACHINE by Don Winslow

[Donna]

The Destroyer Series by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir (and a few ghosts through the years, including Jim Mullaney who now has cover credit).

[eric]

Max Allan Collins-- Quarry, The Last Quarry

[GB]

Dan Marlowe - The Name of the Game is Death

[Jade Walker]

Of these titles, which was is your favorite?

[Jade Walker]

Of these titles, which one is your favorite?

[Elaine Flinn]

I didn't think anyone even remembered Trevanian! You are definitely a connoisseur, David!

Wish I could add more, but you listed my choices as well.

[Tim Maleeny]

Shibumi is a classic.

[Pete Daniels]

Must not forget Loren Estleman's Peter Macklin series.

[HitCrit]

I am researching the various cultural and literary representations of hit men. It would help me a great deal if people would take this survey I created. Thanks. HC

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HV7QSDM