Proven Guilty - Jim Butcher (2007) Roc

War with the vampires has cost a lot of wizards.  Harry gets drafted by the White Council to be a warden.  Then Michael, a guardian angel, asks Harry to intercede with his daughter, who is rebelling and may be in trouble.  As usual, Butcher delivers a tense, action filled story with surprises and feeling.

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?

The Dark River by John Twelve Hawks (2007) Doubleday 

The Brethren have set events in motion and the Harlequin must continue to protect the Travelers.  The brothers are in two different camps hoping to learn enough about their father to find him.

Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K Hamilton (2008) Ballantine Books 

Merry Gentry is pregnant with twins fathered by her royal guard.  But conspiracies in both faerie courts threaten her guards, herself and her unborn children.

The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks (2005) Doubleday 

There are people who want to control the world by forcing it to follow orders.  There are Travelers who bring change to the world.  The Tabula see Travelers as dangerous to world order.  And there are Harlequins who protect Travelers.  This is a story of a Harlequin who is called to serve and protect a set of brothers who may be Travelers against the Tabula agents sent to kill them.

A Lick of Frost by Laurell K Hamilton (2007) Ballantine Books 

Merry Gentry is trying to avoid the courts of faerie.  Both are seeking to kill her so they can put their own sinister candidates on the throne.  Then one of the courts accuses her royal guards and is trying to get the mortal authorities to extradite them to his court.  How will Merry keep that from happening?

Return to Sender by Dick Cluster (1988) Dutton 

Alex Glauberman is a cancer patient who takes on a high-paying mission to deliver a package.  Then he has to race against time to retrieve it before it reaches its destination.

A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K Hamilton (2005) Ballentine Books 

Merry Gentry prefers to solve cases as a private investigator.  But she is constrained by sitting on the throne of faerie and fears becoming the dark magic that she has to wield to rule.

Quantum of Solace by Ian Fleming (1960) Jonathan Cape 

“When the Quantum of Solace drops to zero, humanity and consideration of one human for another is gone and the relationship is finished.”  So says the Governor of the Bahamas to James Bond.  He tells the story of a man who fell in love with an air hostess, who was unfaithful and how that man punished her.

Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K Hamilton (2004) Ballentine Books 

Merry Gentry, P.I., princess, heir to the throne of faerie.  She’s saved the realm and brought magic back.  She now has those who love her and those who fear her.  And she doesn’t know why.

Late Wife by Claudia Emerson (2005) Louisiana State University Press 

Emerson explores the life she shared with a husband until the marriage failed, then the freedom of solitude during her recovery from that set of emotions, then the unexpected joy found with a new husband who was a widower.

For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming (1960) Jonathan Cape 

Bond is sent to assassinate a man who directed the assassination of the Havelocks, where the M was the best man at their wedding.  When Bend gets there, he finds the Havelock’s daughter killing the gangster with a bow and arrow, and starting a firefight.  Bond must save the girl and avoid getting shot

Luna Park by Kevin Baker (2009) Vertigo

A tale of rescue and redemption.  A former Soviet soldier becomes an enforcer for a Russian gang, falls in love with a prostitute whose daughter is kept captive by her gang lord.  The enforcer comes-up with plan to save all three of them.

From a View to a Kill by Ian Fleming (1960) Jonathan Cape 

An assassin is killing NATO couriers, stealing their messages and selling them to the Soviets.  Bond is sent to investigate and is picked-up by Mary Russell, from the local MI6 station.  NATO is uninterested in cooperating but turns over what they have as evidence.  One thing sticks-out to Bond and it makes the difference.