Synopses & Reviews
Bill, the "Nameless Detective," and his wife Kerry were in the Sierra foothills, just outside of Six Pines, falling in love with a cabin. It was all perfect, until Kerry went missing.
Theyd seen Balfour at breakfast at the diner and Kerry remembered his name…PR people are like that. Which was unfortunate, because when she ran into him along the trail on that sunny afternoon and called him by name, he panicked. And thats when Bills nightmare began.
In a small town with limited resources, where a major case was keeping everyone busy, a private investigator demanding action wasnt very popular. They were doing all they could, Bill was told. But it wasnt enough.
With the help of his longtime associate Jake Runyon, Bill begins a search that uncovers just what price the citizens in a town without pity might have to pay. Bill and Jake follow the few leads they have, and come face to face with the Hellbox.
The Nameless Detective series is the longest-running series of its kind, and Bill Pronzini only gets better with each new Nameless title.
Review
Praise for Camouflage
“Can doing first-rate work as consistently as Pronzini really be as effortless as he makes it seem?”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“The Nameless series continues to be a wonder of great plotting, long-term character development, and insight into the chilling banality of evil.” —Booklist, starred review
Praise for Schemers
“Pronzini is a pro at PI Fiction: he never cheats on the reader, respecting the conventions of the hard-boiled detective stories and puzzle mysteries he employs so well.” —Library Journal
“Pronzinis crisp and wry style gives the latest installement of the Nameless series page-turning flair.”
—RT Book Reviews
About the Author
BILL PRONZINI has been nominated for, or won, every prize offered to crime fiction writers, including the 2008 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. It is no wonder, then, that Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine said of him: "Complexity of characterization, puzzle, and theme support the case for Pronzini as the finest American detective novelist in current practice." He lives and writes in California, with his wife, the crime novelist Marcia Muller.