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Author
Series
Nameless Detective mysteries volume 32
Language
English
Description
Investigating the death of a woman that has been ruled accidental by the police but that her sister insists was a murder by a known perpetrator, a reluctant Nameless begins to suspect that the victim's sister is telling the truth when he learns unsettling facts about her life.
Author
Series
Nameless Detective mysteries volume 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
Old Man Hass is concerned by the near-catatonic behavior of his daughter, Grady. The young woman showed up at his doorstep a few days earlier, refused to admit that anything was wrong, and has been wandering around the farm, not talking and barely eating. The Nameless Detective thinks the old farmer would have been better off calling a psychiatrist—but he's at least willing to ask a few questions. As Nameless begins to investigate, he discovers
...3) Mourners
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a suspicious wife reports her husband's inexplicable attendance at the funerals of murdered strangers, the nameless detective and his companions, Tamara and Jake, find themselves compromised in the face of a stalled investigation
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A simple case of blackmail gets lethally complicated when 'Nameless, ' Bill Pronzini's seasoned private-eye, exposes a nasty scam that involves junior accounts executive Jay Cohalan, his unhappy wife, and a mistress with a serious drug problem."--
Author
Series
Nameless Detective mysteries volume 24
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The "Nameless Detective," shaken by the news of his former partner's suicide, feels compelled to continue his investigation of a missing persons case after his efforts lead to tragedy, and what he learns causes him to reevaluate his life and career.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in an isolated town in Northern California, A Wasteland of Strangers begins with the arrival of John Faith in Pomo. Who is he? Why has he come here now, during the off-season when there is nothing to do but get into trouble? What is it he wants? His arrival is surrounded by questions; his staying clothed in threats; his leaving fondly desired by almost all who cross paths with him. Everyone has an opinion of him; only a few of them are favorable....
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
175 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The Unnamed Detective has been in business for many years, but the only femme fatales he's known were in fiction or the movies. That is, until his bail bondsman friend Abe Melikian introduces him to Cory Beckett. Nameless has spent more time as a detective than Cory has breathed -- but she's brought some new and terrible angles to the concept of evil...
12) In an evil time
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Jack Hollis wants to protect his daughter, Angela, and his grandson any way he has to, even if it means killing Angela's husband, David Rakubian. Unfortunately, someone seems to have done his job for him, and now Jack doesn't know who to protect or who to trust.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
185 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Allison Shay was traveling home from the University of Oregon with her new boyfriend, Rob Compton, when their car broke down near the tiny rural town of Creekside, California. Soon after, Allison and Rob went missing without a trace. Whatever happened, it felt like something bad to the Nameless Detective. Five days without a whisper of contact with the outside world. Long past the inconsiderate-kids stage; long past the silly and the harmless. Kinsmen...
14) Deadfall
Author
Series
Nameless Detective mysteries volume 15
Pub. Date
[1986]
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Nameless Detective, hired to prove the connection between the shooting of San Francisco lawyer Leonard Purcell and the apparently accidental fall of his brother, Kenneth, from a cliff six months earlier becomes involved in a labyrinth of surprise and danger.
Author
Series
Nameless Detective mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
1990.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the distraught blonde hires "Nameless" to investigate the suicide of her kid brother who had just won $200,000 at the Reno slot machines, he is pulled into the dangerous, questionable world of high-stakes gambling in mob-dominated casinos.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A vacation in the mountains by the Nameless Detective of San Francisco is spoilt when a bomber appears, seeking revenge on the host's family. Nameless is staying with the family of a district attorney who sent the bomber to jail.
17) Shackles
Author
Series
Nameless Detective mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
[1988]
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A ruthless and amoral man feels fury and a desire for revenge upon "Nameless," the man he believes is responsible for ruining his life. One night he abducts "Nameless," takes him to a mountain cabin, chains him to a wall, and leaves him to die a horrible death. In the icy whiteness of dead winter, "Nameless" has nothing to do but search his memory. Who is his captor? When did their paths cross? And what could he have done to warrant such revenge?
Author
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A few weeks after his wife died in an accident, Dix Mallory, a college professor in the quiet Northern California town of Los Alegres, receives harassing phone calls from a man claiming to have been her lover. Rather than ignore them, Dix sets out to nab the caller and uncovers murder.
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