James Renner has written an unusual crime novel called The Man from Primrose Lane, which starts off as a regular crime/mystery/thriller (a good one, by the way), but then veers off into the second half of the book on a science fiction tangent. I normally don't care for science fiction, but this is skillfully done enough that I actually kept on and finished the book. It was pretty good.

Also, James Lee Burke's latest Dave Robicheaux novel, Creole Belle is out, seems to be just as good as the others. We learn more about Cletus Purcel, who is close to being more interesting than Dave.