Sandman: World's End by Neil Gaiman (2012) Vertigo

The final installment of Sandman with only a couple of cameos from the main character - this set questions reality

The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke (1987) Henry Holt & Co.

Dave Robicheaux, a Lieutenant in the New Orleans Police department struggles with the death of a young woman in another Parrish that is written-off as a drowning death.  He is sure it was a murder and checking into the case causes a lot of bad guys to come out of the woodwork - even his partner.  When his brother gets shot, he goes after the mobster who was supposed to be his friend.

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (2010) Knopf 

Pulitzer prize winner - slices of life in the world of record music

Provenance by Alex Archer (2008) Gold Eagle

Annja Creed finds herself drawn in with a mystery artifact that people are killing to control.

Shakespeare's Trollop by Charlaine Harris (2000) Minotaur Books

Lily Bard's customer is the town trollop - Lily finds her dead in her car in the woods.  But the scene is too perfect.  

4th of July by James Patterson (2005) Little Brown & Co.

The Lieutenant chases a couple of teens joyriding away from a murder scene, they crash the car and Lyndsey and her partner holster their guns to help the kids from the burning vehicle, but the kids pull their own guns and shoot them.  From the ground, Lyndsey shoots back, killing the girl and permanently disabling the boy.  The result is a wrongful death lawsuit against Lyndsey and the police department.  While waiting for trial in Half Moon Bay, a series of murders occurs there.  Lyndsey is torn between waiting for a trail and wanting to solve a case out of her jurisdiction.  

Night Shift by Charlaine Harris (2016) Ace 

The residents of Midnight, TX have to deal with a demon who has been trapped at the crossroads for 250 years.  The Reeds' secret purpose is revealed, Etruscan writing is interpreted, Manfred meets his grandfather and great-grandfather, and Mr. Snuggly proves to be the King of the Magic Jungle

The Atopia Chronicles by Matthew Mather (2014) 47North

Near the end of the century, man has ffound a way to split his mind and explore his imagination in a multiverse.  Atopia is an independent city state floating in the Pacific Ocean.  But someone is trying to destroy Atopia and everything it stands for.

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (1992) Bloomsbury

A modern classic of English literature - the 'patient' is a story about a Hungarian who helped the Germans in WWII.  A former cartographer, he fell in an ill-fated love affair with a colleague's wife and suffered burns over his whole body in an airplane crash.  The Bedouin transported him to a British hospital in Cairo and from there he was transferred north until he reached a field hospital in Italy in a Villa.  There we meet a nurse, a thief and a sapper.

Won the Booker Prize.

Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb (1997) Berkeley Books

Lieutenant Dallas finds herself at the focal point of a series of murders in retaliation for the deaths of six murderers from twenty years ago - deaths done in vengeance by her husband. 

Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton (2018) Harper 

A view of the times of Custer and Deadwood where the viewpoint character is a spoiled rich kid joining an archaeological expedition as a photographer and finds the teeth of a brontosaurus.

Shakespeare's Christmas by Charlaine Harris (1998) Minotaur Books 

A little girl was stolen as an infant eight years ago.  Our heroine, the tough Ms. Bard goes home for her sister's wedding and finds her beau is checking into three girls the right age, including the daughter of her soon to be brother-in-law.

Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K Hamilton (2001) Berkley

Anita Blake returns to St Louis to find havoc has reigned while she was gone - she has to rescue her wereleopard pard, reassert herself as the werewolf pack Lupa and solve the disappearance of several alphas in the community.

Roses are Red by James Patterson (2001) Grand Central Publishing

Different gangs of criminals are killing and robbing banks Alex Cross has to find the mastermind behind all of the crimes.

Artemis by Andy Weir (2017) Ballantine Books

A girl living on the moon in the Artemis colony, saves her city by breaking all the rules 

Every heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (2016) Tor

Where young people go to learn how to move on in this life after returning from a fantastic journey to a world that feels more like home than this one.

Day Shift by Charlaine Harris (2015) Ace

A Midnight, Texas novel wherein our hero, Manfred, does a reading for a favorite client, who drops dead and passes through his connection to her husband.  Her son accuses Manfred of stealing her jewels (which she hid).  At the same time, a young man, growing amazingly fast is brought to town to be looked after by the Rev, who isn't very good at looking after, even if they are both were-tigers.

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (2016) Algonquin 

Each year, in the Protectorate, a child must be sacrificed to the Witch.  But one year, the witch, who feeds each child starlight and takes them to a better place and finds good parents, accidentally feeds one child from the moon and keeps her because her magic will be too wild for most people to control.

Mr. Majestyk by Elmore Leonard (2002) Mariner Books 

All he wants to do is get his melon crop harvested and to market.  But he let his temper get away from him when a local hoodlum tries to drive off his workers and replace them with drunks.  He ends up on a bus with a killer whose crew tries to break him out and now he has to deal with that man.

Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher (2006) Ace 

The only human in the world who does not have the ability to capture and train Furies is trained to be a Cursor (spy) and has to draw on his abilities to save the kingdom while the First Lord is unconscious.