The Dresden files - Jim Butcher
Hard boiled detective meets dark magic. There's a bunch of 'em.
Definite love of the genre shows through.
And in a similar vein the Laundry Files series by Charlie Stross.
Coldwar thriller/Lovecraftian horror mashups.
Protagonist is a bit smug sometimes, but a fun read.
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