Trpl, welcome!!! And Eve Dallas just rocks. Doesn't everyone want a Roarke?! Read 'em all... I think...
Other good murder mystery authors: Robert Crais, Robert B. Parker, Janet Evanovich, Elizabeth George, William Burkhart (sp???), Mary Higgins Clark, Lillian Braun, Faye Kellerman, Jonathan Kellerman... OK. I like murder mystery...