Apollos, I don't usually read detective novels, but I do from time to time. If you run across a really good one, hollar and I will look for it at the library.
Tytonium, Not quite a war book, but i just finished
Revolver
Sam Colt and the Six-shooter That Changed America
by Rasenberger, Jim
It was a pleasant read that really informed me about the early days of American expansion into the west. I never realized how important a repeating weapon was to those times.