Diane, my best friend and I always thought the Stehanie Plum novels would make a great tv series too. Hey, you could be the casting director!
Carl, here's a link to a Stephen Hunter site-I really loved the Bob Lee Swagger and Earl Swagger series and have also read most of the others-all good. My dad is the one who introduced me to them years ago. I think you'd like them. Check it out
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/stephen-hunter/