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Look for Glen Cook series about Garret Private Eye. I think the first is "Sweet Silver Blues". Mix Tolken with Sam Spade and hot redheads.. you get the idea.
Anything by Lawwrence Watt Evens is good. Magic has rules and limits and the books show how people deal with these while solving other problems.
If you have not started reading Fredrick Pohl's "Heechee" saga - you are in for a treat. Humans discover an alien shipyard and do not really understand how the ships work so volunteers take turns setting the controls and shipping off hoping to return reporting on fabulous worlds/more alien tech. Some dont return.
Anything by Charles Sheffield would probably be something you would enjoy.
Run out and buy Lois Bujoulds "Cryoburn". While I agree the story is so-so compared to some of her other books - it comes with a CD with nearly every one of her other books in the Vorkosogin verse. (Do a search and you can find a link where you can d/l the contents for free - but do the right thing and buy the book and get 8-10 ebooks added in.)
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