Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (2009) Ace

A vampire is slain by Mercy Thompson, so the vampire queen is out for revenge.  But Mercy is protected by the local werewolf pack, so the queen focuses on them.

The Bounty Hunters by Elmore Leonard (1954) Houghton Mifflin 

A novel that set standards for other western books.  David Flynn, a former scout sees the Apache as something more than a savage.  There are the rurales, former bandits who are considered the local police, but are out to rob whomever they can.  And there are  the bounty hunters who are paid for scalps of Apaches or Mexicans being passed-off as Indians.  Some of the bounty hunters are just plain murderers who want to kill all native Americans, no matter what tribe. 

The Grand Banks Cafe by Georges Simenon (1938) Gallimard 

Maigret and his wife take a holiday at Fécamp, Normandy.  While there, he looks into a murder of a ship’s captain.  Like all Maigret mysteries, his approach is to take in the scene and the people involved.  Once he knows all that, he follows his instinct and uncovers the motives of people involved, then life goes on.

 

I could only find the original French through the Internet Archive.  You can also get it in English from Penguin.

Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb (1997) Berkley 

Eve Dallas investigates the death of a fellow police officer.  When a dead body is left outside her home, it becomes personal.

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2001) William Morrow 

When the old gods are no longer worshipped, where did they go?  In this book, they came to America.

An ex-con going by the name of Shadow, is released, but just before that, his best friend and his wife died in a car accident.  Then, on the way home, he is hired by a stranger, a Mr. Wednesday, as a bodyguard, a driver and occasional errand boy.  What he doesn’t know is that the man is really who we named the middle of our work week for.  And Odin/Wednesday is trying to organize things with the gods over here.  A wild ride through the alliances and enemies of the Norse gods.