“How the masters do it…”

I was recently re-reading some books in my collection to see “how the masters do it”.

I totally enjoyed Matt Reilly’s fast moving and tightly plotted “Ice Station”. Then I started Clancy’s “Red Storm Rising” and got so engrossed it was hard to put down! Eventually managed to do that that last night and now I’m into ‘Dracula’ for some ‘light relief’…

What do you guys read for inspiration?