Dead Beat by Jim Butcher (2005) Roc Books 

Harry Dresden has to save his city, Chicago, when threatened by black magic and necromancy.

Blood Rites by Jim Butcher (2010) Roc 

Harry Dresden is asked to go undercover on the set of an adult film.  The director thinks he’s the target of a curse.  But it’s the actresses who are dying.

The Third Gate by Lincoln Child (2012) Doubleday 

Porter Stone, archeologist and explorer, thinks he has fount the tomb on King Narmer, who united upper and lower Egypt and that his double-crown of the two Egupts is in his crypt.

The Golden City by John Twelve Hawks (2009) Doubleday 

In the conclusion of the Traveler epic, the brothers are now firmly set in two different camps.  Michael is part of the brethren and is trying to become their leader.  Maya, the harlequin, has to make a life-changing decision.  Gabriel must protect the legacy of their father.

The Hildebrand Rarity by Ian Fleming (1960) Jonathan Cape

A wealthy man, Milton, gets Bond and another man, Krest, to help him in searching for a rare variety of squirrel fish.  On the way to where they want to search, Milton turns out to abuse, physically and verbally, everyone on board, especially his wife.  When the fish is found, Milton poisons the water to capture it.  That night, Krest is found to have been murdered by stuffing the rare fish down his throat.

A Shiver of Light by Laurell K Hamilton (2014) Berkley

Merry Gentry, former P.I. and now full-time princess of faerie, is pregnant with triplets.  Taranis, King of Light and Illusion (one of the faerie courts) is suing for visitation rights, claiming that he is the father.  Merry knows she was pregnant when Taranis raped her.  But she can’t prove it.  So she is calling on her guards, and real parents of her unborn children, to face down the high courts of faerie.  A war she does not want to get out of control.

Risoco by Ian Fleming (1960) Jonathan Cape

Bond is sent to investigate a drug smuggling operation in Italy.  His contact Kristatos tells Bond that a man named Colombo is behind the racket.  When Bond starts to check out Colombo, he is captured.  But Columbo claims Kristatos is the real smuggler.  Who is the real smuggler, and will Bond survive the operation?