Ah, the old Connolly mix up!
John Connolly sounds cool - I'll check his stuff out, thanks!
I have a Wang Shuo novel called, Playing For Thrills. It's a detective/murder-mystery. Stephen King says "Call it China noir...if you can imagine Raymond Chandler crossed with Bruce Lee, or Richard Brautigan crossed with John Woo."
Sounds good to me!
Barry Eisler, the Rain series looks pretty cool.