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Kage Baker has a fantastic series in which "The Company" creates cyborgs who travel back in time to retrieve things- starting with In the Garden of Iden. The primary character, Mendoza, was a little girl the Company saved from the Inquisition. James David has a series about dinosaurs and time travel, starting with Footprints of Thunder. Ben Elton- Time and TIme Again Michael Swanwick- Bones of the Earth Joe Haldeman- The Accidental TIme Machine LIz Jensen- My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time I have more recommendations if you are interested, let me know.

Some authors who write detective novels that are not so formulaic- Carol O'Connell (Mallory series), Becky Masterman (ex FBI agent), Sharon Bolton (Lacey Flint series in particular), Harry Dolan, Nicholas Obregon