Bill Pronzini
43) Deadfall
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Nameless Detective mysteries volume 15
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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.
44) Dragonfire
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"Nursing their recently broken hearts and more than a few cold beers, Nameless and his friend Lt. Eberhardt are enjoying a lazy summer afternoon in Eberhardt's back yard as they watch the steaks sizzle and shoot the proverbial breeze. But the barbeque is suddenly over when an unexpected guest leaves Eberhardt and Nameless lying in their own pools of blood ... Facing the toughest case of his career, Nameless pursues the secret behind his friend's shooting...
48) Blowback
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Beset by his own fears and uncertainties, a detective answers an old service buddy's call for help and finds himself in an isolated fishing camp in the Mother Lode country of Northern California, where theft, sexual intrigue, and murder add to his troubles.
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San Francisco's "Nameless" detective and his partner Eberhardt are trying to prove that their client Thomas Lujack did not mow down his business partner with his car. Although he suspects his client's guilt early on, the 58-year-old gumshoe spends three weeks looking for flaws in the testimony of the hit-and-run's sole witness. Then Lujack is found murdered, the witness disappears, and the detective, instead of being asked to step up his investigation,...
53) The alias man
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The women in his life call him the Alias Man. From Santa Fe to Pennsylvania, from Vancouver to San Francisco, he has seduced and charmed, stolen and disappeared, leaving unbearable hurt in his wake. Then his three most recent victims-- Jessie, Sarah, and Morgan-- find one another and collectively discover his involvement in an even more profitable and deadly scheme. As they work together to carry out their hunger for justice, each is forced to confront...
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Nameless Detective mysteries volume 13
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English
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A weekend fling turns into a week-long manhunt as the Nameless Detective's last solo case involves him in a cat and mouse chase through San Francisco's Japantown that ends in a confusion of murder, rape, and suicide.
56) The vanished
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Nameless Detective mysteries volume 2
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English
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His name was Roy Sands, and he had everything to look forward to. He was getting out of the service and coming home to marry his beautiful Fiancee. He had his debts paid, money in the bank, and a happy new life ahead of him. Then he disappeared.
57) Nightshades
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The Nameless Detective is hired to investigate an accidental death and finds himself caught between greedy land developers and the handful of citizens of an isolated ghost town in northern California.