Synopses & Reviews
Nameless had told Mitchell Krochek that hed do whatever he could to find his missing wife, Janice. Shed run away before—propelled by a gambling fever that grew ever higher—and Mitch had always taken her back. This time, when Nameless, his partner Tamara, and the agencys chief operative Jake Runyon finally found her in a sleazy San Francisco hotel, she demanded a divorce.
A few days later, a beaten and bloody Janice stumbled into the agency begging to go home. No one is surprised when, soon after her homecoming, she disappears again.
But gambling addiction has a way of twisting things, and the blood on Mitchell and Janice Krocheks kitchen floor was a card off the bottom of the deck.
Janice is missing again, Mitchell is the prime suspect, and as Nameless searches for the truth behind her disappearance, he uncovers a vicious racket that preys on gambling fever victims…
Review
“His novels are cerebral, not bloody. There is violence, but of a muted sort, and none of it is gratuitous… The ‘Nameless Detective novels are a thinking readers detective series.”--The Chicago Sun-Times
“There is no living writer whose work more faithfully embodies the spirit of classic private-eye fiction than Bill Pronzinis. [It is] classy, classy noir storytelling.”--Les Roberts, Cleveland Plain-Dealer
“One of the greatest-ever detective series.”--Booklist
Synopsis
The Nameless Detective series has become the longest-running series of its kind. These works faithfully embod[y] the spirit of classic private-eye fiction . . . [they are] classy, noir storytelling ("Cleveland Plain-Dealer").
About the Author
Bill Pronzinis novel, Snowbound, received the Grand Prix de la Littérature Policière as the best crime novel published in France in 1988. In addition to six Edgar Award nominations, Pronzini has received three Shamus Awards, two for best novel and the PWA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2008, the Mystery Writers of America named him Grand Master. He lives in northern California with his wife, the crime novelist Marcia Muller.