The Silent Corner by Dean Koontz (2017) Bantam

Jane Hawk was an FBI agent married to a Full Colonel with a happy life and a son they adored.  Inexplicably one day her husband goes to get something in their bedroom and kills himself.  When she begins to investigate a suspicious rise in unexplained suicides, she gets a threatening phone call.  So she goes underground, first placing her child in the home of a couple who are already off the grid, then she starts hunting these people who are finding a way to control people and convince them to kill themselves.

The Soul Stealer by Alex Archer (2008) Gold Eagle

Annja Creed goes on a potential archeological dig in Siberia. But the local town has to deal with a legendary monster that hunts at night.

Shakespeare's Counselor by Charline Harris (2001) Minotaur Books

Lily Bard is trying to become a licensed private eye and get her psychological problems under control.  But the counselor has problems of her own.

Phantom Prey by John Sandford (2009) G.P. Putnam’s Sons 

Lucas Davenport is coerced into investigating a cold case.  It turns into a serial murder case as a result, leading to a surprise ending.

Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews (2013) Scribner

A ballerina is intentionally injured by a competitor and wreaks her revenge.  Then she is offered a way to keep her mother in their apartment by becoming a spy. She is sent to Sparrow school, where she is trained to seduce foreign diplomats so they can be blackmailed to give up state secrets.

Black Wing by Connie Suttle (2018) SubtleDemon Publishing 

Quin becomes embroiled in intrigue and love.  The Avii commander, the Elf King, her protectors, and those she heals and saves - all want to be her lover.  But foremost in her mind is to find and kill the being who blew-up the world where she was raised.

Keeper by Connie Suttle (2018) SubtleDemon Publishing 

Finder becomes Quin and her wings are like no one else.  She is outcast by a jealous woman to the Avii, other winged folk, who kill half-breeds on sight.  But the Orb seems to know and use her, though she has no idea why. 

Finder by Connie Suttle (2018) SubtleDemon Publishing

A little unexplained orphan girl lives in the pantry of a King's kitchen where she helps but does not speak.  This is the adventure of a girl with unexplained abilities to find anything and that's just one of the things she can do in a vicious world of political intrigue.

Secondborn - Amy Bartol (2017) 47North 

Firstborns rule.  Secondborn children are automatically transitioned into the army to protect the firstborn.  Now, during a rebellion, a secondborn, Roselle, spares an enemy, making her a traitor.  Can she survive?

 Glimmer of Hope by Steve McHugh (2018) 47North

A young woman accidentally activates an ancient scroll and finds she is an umbra, part human, part spirit group, part demon.

Locked Rooms by Laurie R King (2005) Bantam

Mary Russel and Sherlock Holmes, her husband, visit her family's home in San Francisco so she can settle some of the estate.  She has nightmares that include a locked room that she knows is there.  She has to confront her past, the earthquake, the accident that killed her parents and brother and the lodge her father and his friend built.

The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz (2016) Dutton

Told in tales like Chaucer, a greyhound saves the life of a little baby, but her owners think she slew the baby and kill her.  When they find the snake and the live baby, they bury the dog in the forest and mark the grave.  Soon the dog is treated like a local saint.  But the church is suspicious of such behavior and send out an inquisitor to stamp out such belief.  When the girl is about ten, she visits the grave and the dog is sitting on top waiting for her.  In the meantime, in a Jewish village, some teenage boys set the village on fire and one mother kicks a hole in the back of her mud hut and tells her boy to run and meet up with her in Saint Denis.  At the same time a very large boy, one whose father was a lord and mother was an African Muslim, is told the monastery can no longer afford to feed him and sends him to Saint Denis.  A group of knights come to the little girls village to take her and the dog away for trial in Saint Denis.  And the adventure begins - all stories told in an inn.

Freaky Deaky by Elmore Leonard (1988) Arbor House

An officer in Detroit, assigned to the bomb squad, asks for a transfer to satisfy his girlfriend.  He ends-up in sex crimes, she kicks him out, which gets him suspended since he doesn't have an address in Detroit.  In the meantime, a man and a woman who used to know each other in the old, protest movement days, conspire to con someone they knew who in inherited millions by scaring him with bombs.  Bombs kill people and our ex-cop hopes to catch the killers and get his job back.  

The Great Fables Crossover by Bill Willingham (2010) Vertigo (5/2)

Two comic/graphic novel series combined with an end of the world theme

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.