Yes, it was the Harry Bosch books the others were talking about.
A friend of mine loved the Sun Sword books, but I'm just not all that into regular fantasy. Too much politics and intrigue for me.
I'd agree that there's a modern feel to Elantra narrator, but when those first came out, I actually expected typical urban fantasy not regular fantasy. The cover had a woman in leather head-to-toe, and in that kick-ass-urban-fantasy-female-pose that is used for urban fantasy. Nightshade is a bad man - like a mafia boss! I'm afraid I've always leaned more toward Severn, even given what he did. Sagara has sort of dropped most hints of Kaylin going either way IMO. I have wondered is she put that in because - at the time those books first came out - "love triangles" were pretty common in urban fantasy. (She was first released in Harlequin's LUNA line, which wasn't officially supposed to mean there was romance, but category readers expected it and so tended to prefer the authors who put some hint of romance at the least in the stories).
I don't think Sagara truly feels Kaylin isn't emotionally mature enough - in many ways, she still acts like a mid-teen. I started a re-read/listen after the last book came out, and it really hit me this time around that while Kaylin insists she's grown up (not the team mascot any more), she still acts like the kid she was (always late, ignores what she's told and just does what she wants...)
I really like the series and the world, but I get frustrated with on-going series where there's no emotional growth. The 11th book (last year's) was probably my least favorite of all of them - however, I listened to it again before I listened to this year's book, and the theme she introduced in that book ("is Shadow always evil") was carried forward in the next book in a storyline that I enjoyed more, for whatever the reason.
Do you have any interest in history mysteries? I am hooked on a few of them (one was only 6 books long). None are police procedurals.
P B Ryan's "Gilded Age" mysteries (series might have been renamed to "Nell Sweeney mysteries" when she self-pubbed them) has 6 books, with the main character being a governess with a hard past. Yes, there's an ongoing (slow, slow) romance, but I don't remember sex scenes. Sadly, only 4 were released in audiobook. I don't remember my impressions of the narrator.
CS Harris has her "Sebastian St. Cyr" series - disenchanted son of an earl (after returning from the wars) gets pulled into helping find murders. There are romantic elements in the books, but again, not the focus. The first time I listened to the narrator, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to listen to this series...I think she has a pedantic, school-marmish tone. But a LOT of the reviewers on Audible love her narration. So I'm willing to say, it could be me, not her.
I got hooked on Victoria Thompson's "Gaslight" mysteries in print, although I always seem to be a few books behind. I don't know why I don't start these as soon as I buy them, because I almost always enjoy them. I haven't listened to them yet, though, so I have no idea whether the narrator is any good.