Okay, the other two I just finished over the weekend:

Killing Her Softly by Beverly Barton - Really good suspense/mystery. The ending was pretty much a surprise, I grew to care about various characters, hoping which one was or was not the villian. The main characters were pretty well fleshed out, fair amount of thought and depth to them. Again, kind of stayed away from the cartooney stereotypes, even though several of the main characters are lawyers.

City of Towers by Keith Baker - Excellent Fantasy/Science Fiction. Many mythycal characters like orges, a Phoenix, goblins, elves and halflings, hippogriffs, etc. make up the ordinary population of this world and city. Set on another world, "magic" and various "powers" pretty believably done, well-described imagery, and good characters, it's the first in a series, and I'm looking forward to reading more!