Burn Me Deadly (Alex Bledsoe)

Sequel to "The Sword-Edged Blonde," an interesting mix of sword-and-sorcery fantasy and hard-boiled detective story. When sword-jockey Eddie LaCrosse picks up a young woman who escaped from someone, she winds up dead and Eddie spends the rest of the book trying to find out why and deliver some justice. This one's more sword than sorcery, and there are some graphic torture scenes that are hard to take, but it's still a good read.