Stephen Hunter is in Lee Child's league, maybe on a par with Robert Crais. All of them write with a cinematic style (Child and Crais have written for film/TV, Hunter reviews films for the Washington Post).
There's an obvious artificiality to The 47th Samurai that Hunter's best books transcend. He has written previously about the main character, Bob Lee Swagger, and about his father, Earl Swagger. This one is clearly inspired by samurai movies; most of it is set in modern-day Tokyo. **** though still far from his best, and may foreshadow a descent into a more formulaic approach.
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