I enjoyed the first of the Harry Dresden (http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/) books by Jim Butcher as well. A little darker and more violent than my usual taste, so I have to be in just the right mood, but I did enjoy it.
On the not novel side, the Supernatural Crime (http://www.supernaturalcrime.com/) Web site has some great, well, supernatural noir that isn't *quite* cross-genre, but mixes in some fantastic elements really well.
I feel like I must have read at least one other novel--but those memories could come from the conversations I had with a coworker at Barnes and Noble who actually made detective lit one of his thesis topics during college. He and I talked a lot about noir and using noir in alternative settings. (I may be using noir incorrectly--he'd know.) It sparked a lot of ideas, and I've been meaning to read the Maltese Falcon since then to see how good inside-the-genre private eye novels are really done. :)
Re: Not about rape . . .
On the not novel side, the Supernatural Crime (http://www.supernaturalcrime.com/) Web site has some great, well, supernatural noir that isn't *quite* cross-genre, but mixes in some fantastic elements really well.
I feel like I must have read at least one other novel--but those memories could come from the conversations I had with a coworker at Barnes and Noble who actually made detective lit one of his thesis topics during college. He and I talked a lot about noir and using noir in alternative settings. (I may be using noir incorrectly--he'd know.) It sparked a lot of ideas, and I've been meaning to read the Maltese Falcon since then to see how good inside-the-genre private eye novels are really done. :)