My thought too, @Adirondackwannabe
But in that general direction, you might like Kate Atkinson’s series about bugged out detective, Jackson Brody. It begins with the book “Case Histories” and it’s extremely well written and involving. Definitely in my top 20 books of all time.
edited to add the Stephen King review that inspired me to read it in the first place
“1. CASE HISTORIES, Kate Atkinson Not just the best novel I read this year (it actually made EW’s ’‘official’’ top 10 fiction list in 2004), but the best mystery of the decade. There are actually four mysteries, nesting like Russian dolls, and when they begin to fit together, I defy any reader not to feel a combination of delight and amazement. Case Histories is the literary equivalent of a triple axel. I read it once for pleasure and then again just to see how it was done. This is the kind of book you shove in people’s faces, saying ’‘You gotta read this!’’
As long as there are books like that around, people will still be reading in 2007. Because that s—- is tight, yo.”