1.   Cross is one of the best protagonists in the modern thriller genre, and one of the most likable.

2.   In her free time, she said, her taste in fiction swings from Victorian classics to modern thrillers.

3.   Some bore similarities to modern thrillers.

4.   Eric Ambler, one of the founding authors of modern thrillers and an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, has died, his agent said Friday.

5.   Eric Ambler, author of modern thrillers and an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, dies in London.