Josh Bazell – Beat the Reaper
Excellent first novel features former hit man now a doctor
John Farris – Baby Moll
Mallory is forced back in the fold when his former boss is threatened. Not the best in this series.
Burn After Reading
Coen Brothers take on the spy thriller, sort of, with their usual dark glee.
Donald E. Westlake – Somebody Owes Me Money
Everybody thinks the cabbie did it in this comic Westlake mystery novel.
Max Allan Collins – The First Quarry
First in the hard boiled Quarry series makes you want to read the rest.
Garry Ryan – A Hummingbird Dance
Gay mystery novels with more gay characters than there are at a gay wedding.