I love to sit down with book and a cigar! If you liked Nelson DeMille you'll probably like David Baldacci and Kyle Mills. On the same plain but a little wilder is the Pendergast Series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childs. Its about very peculiar FBI Agent residing in NYC. As far as following stick historical facts while telling a great story go with Leon Uris; I've read The Haj, Trinity and The Exodus, all of them were great and explained more about the subject history than any history book I've ever had to read.