Sucker for Spy.

I love the Bourne film series; it's another movie I could watch over and over.  Each scene IS quick, and the viewer feels breathing with and moving along with each step, strut and shell of Jason Bourne and his pistol.

Jason Bourne is not suave like Bond but like Bond, he delivers the goods.

Robert Ludlum and Eric Van Lustbader are the two writers who penned the Bourne novels.

In terms of non-fiction writing, the closest to writing spy novels, is investigative journalism. According to wikepedia, " Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Investigative journalism is a primary source of information. Most investigative journalism is done by newspapers, wire services and freelance journalists. Practitioners sometimes use the terms "watchdog journalism" or "accountability reporting."

Ordinary folks also have a natural penchant for investigating things and events; ordinary souls could sometimes spend hours chatting about other people's problems and trying to analyze and solve such. Or there are those who consume their waking hours on the Net, googling their exes, aborted relationships,  even unimportant people like former classmates.

Still, others go to great lengths to hack facebook or twitter accounts of people they want to espy on, others succeed such as professional criminals who go after corporate bank accounts or documents.  Then there are indviduals who simply find satisfaction in putting puzzles together - of hidden identities, wealth, issues.

With the internet, social networking, microblogging, smart phones. and digital technology in general, spying on one another has become a breeze. But there are those extraordinary individuals who can solve problems that don't exist at all.

 Jeremy Renner stars in the upcoming movie, Bourne Legacy, which was shot partly in the Philippines.