I avoided that one for a reason....cant remember what it was though.
I don't think this is a spoiler when I say- for some reason Sargent and Gasgione went in a crazy direction with that one and the ending just completely pissed me off, it felt completely out of character for characters they'd been using for two to three novels. Very disappointed that was effectively their ending too.
Another one to avoid for much the same reason is
Shadowboxer- a novel I enjoyed for most of it except for the last chapter. Also, I'm going out on a limb here and saying that I didn't really like the Nyx Smith novels only because he wrote them in present tense, which threw me off completely.
Now as far as recommendations: get the Findley books even if they're just for the e-reader. Findley has long been considered one of the best Shadowrun writers for sourcebooks or fiction and it shows. Dirk Montgomery is a fun character.
Just Compensation by Bob Charrette- The pacing was good, the location was handled well, and well- it's Charrette. It was good to see him return to his baby.
And I might be in the minority when I actually liked
The Forever Drug. Back when it first came out, I heard people trashing it to no end for being goofy, but I liked the idea that Smedman took risks and did two novel things for the book: having a shapeshifter be the main character and setting it in Nova Scotia.
Another book of hers that I liked was
Blood Sport, the Aztlan novel. This was back when the novel that came out usually corresponded to the major sourcebook that dropped. (Blood Sport was the Aztlan book, Burning Bright was the Bug City book, Streets of Blood the London Scourcebook novel, etc.) I'd recommend it just for the background you can get and feel for running in Aztlan alone.