Originally Posted by
Sturgeon's Lawyer
All Tim, all the time!
I think Hide Me is better than Stress, but I find the latter to be one of his weaker books (which is to say, I think it's pretty good). But then, I like pretty much everything I've read by him except for the one Laser book (does anybody here remember Laser Books? I remember Elwood. What a bloody schnook....) I own.
The "Fault Lilnes" trilogy that begins with Last Call may be his finest hour.
Last Call is about playing poker, on Lake Mead, with Tarot cards, for souls, and why Bugsy Siegel built a palace in the Wasteland (i.e., the Flamingo Casino).
Expiration Date is about people who inhale ghosts in Los Angeles.
Earthquake Weather ... well, it brings characters from the first two together in the Bay Area, and other than that kind of defies explanation without spoilers.
The whole trilogy is about the Fisher-King, which is also true of The Drawing of the Dark, which I rather imagine you've read.
I would also highly recommend his short story collection The BIble Repairman.