Small Favor by Jim Butcher (2008) Roc 

Dresden finds himself fulfilling one of Mab's favors - a small favor that may only cost him his life and the lives of those he loves and knows.

The Lost Scrolls by Alex Archer (2007) Gold Eagle 

A wonderful find - scrolls from the library of Alexandria become the immediate target of a megalomaniac who will stop at nothing, including murdering everyone between him and what he wants.  He just didn't factor-in a woman with Joan of Arc's supernatural sword, nor her immortal resources.

Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb (2009) Thorndike Press

Someone has developed a new drug that makes a person feel rapturous, the only problem is that it kills them.

Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb (2009) Thorndike Press 

A new, illegal and deadly drug makes people feel immortal.  Until it kills them.  And Eve Dallas finds a close friend has been made a patsy to take the focus off the real scoundrels.  But Eve is nothing if not loyal and by the book.

Cousin Joseph by Jules Feiffer (2016) Liveright \

Feiffer’s prequel to Kill My Mother, the detective father, who is patriotic and believes in the American way.  This is in contrast to his bare-knuckles approach to getting information and secret trips to Hollywood, paying off producers to make sure they only make films that are upbeat about an idealistic America where no injustice goes uncorrected.

Kill My Mother by Jules Feiffer (2014) Liveright 

A noir graphic novel by a man who has won numerous awards (a Pulitzer, an Academy Award, among others).  Here there are three femme fatales, a daughter obsessed with finding her father’s killer, and a hapless heroine.  There’s a thug, a hit man, a taxi driver, a movie star, and a communist who owns a liquor store.

The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman (2015) William Morrow 

A dazzlingly tour-de-force – quite possibly the story masterpiece of one of the world's best writers.  A man wants to know what happened to his little girl and travels on foot to find a guide to take him to the Black Mountains.  What he finds out and how he deals with the knowledge will change the reader.