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Xenophon is doing a great job of advertising for Baen, but I'd like to point out a subtlety. Some the these "Baen" books AREN'T from Baen. They are from a growing selection of other publishers who have decided to release some or all of their books through Webscriptions, which is a separate company for reasons that include helping that process.
The Inspector Chen books are some of those - if you are looking for the paper copies of these, you need to look for Nightshade books. Others are from Subterranean Press, and still others come from specific Authors who have previously published books for which they have retained or retrieved the electronic rights. And I'm probably missing something.
And of course, the famous missing Tor ebooks are/were/will be included in these, whenever all the bumps get mashed down.
The original "Webscription" is a monthly package of everything Baen publishes that month. The other publishers are attempting to do the same, but right now each publisher needs to have their bundle separate, just to keep the accountants from blowing their tops.
Now, obsf (observed SF, as used to be noted on usenet long ago). I'd recommend an older work by James P. Hogan "Bug Park". It's kinda mystery (how do they do it?), kinda action/adventure, and has a bonus 'cause its written in the Seattle area and I recognize scenery. It's a stand-alone. Micro-robots and virtual senses routed through said robots.
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