I would like to nominate a detective story to the list, so I will nominate a Harry Stoner novel called
Extenuating Circumstances by Jonathan Valin.
Extenuating Circumstances won the 1990 Shamus Award for Best Novel.
I think I read all of Valin's novels back in the day, and enjoyed every one of them.
New York Times: "Mr. Valin is an expert writer who provides coherent plots and believable dialogue."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Valin
http://www.amazon.com/Extenuating-Ci...jonathan+valin
https://www.overdrive.com/media/1249...-circumstances