Nightcrawlers: a nameless detective novel
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Nameless Detective volume 29
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Bill Pronzini's "Nameless" detective has become one of the longest-lived, and consistently highly praised, private investigators in the annals of American crime fiction and the award-winning author proves, once again, that his skills are unmatched. Things were quiet in the San Francisco-based agency Nameless founded and his partners, Jake and Vanessa were itching to get back to work. A deadbeat father needed to be found, and Vanessa needed to do some fieldwork, so she took the file and headed out to keep an eye on the last known address. Jake got to work on something much more personal...and dangerous. The Castro had become the stomping ground, literally, of two violent gay-bashers and the most recent victim was Jake's son's lover. Father and son are estranged, but maybe helping now would help them reconcile. That was Jake's thought when he started. For Nameless it was all a matter of letting everyone know that if they needed his help, he was there. Jake was handling his situation but for Vanessa, things got out of hand. Her perp never showed up, but when she saw a man carrying a young girl into the house across the street, she knew something was wrong...and about to get worse, because she was going to investigate what was going on. When she doesn't show up a few days later, Nameless feels a sinking in his gut: a few years ago he'd been kidnapped, shackled, and left to die in a cabin in the woods and something about Vanessa's disappearance echoed too loudly. When he discovers the house she'd investigated on her own and sees the words TAKING US TO A HOUSE IN THE WOODS scrawled on a closet wall, the echo became thunderous. Now it was a race against time, and the clock had begun ticking before "Nameless" and Jake heard the starter's gun.
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Crimes against
Detective and mystery fiction
Electronic books
Electronic books. -- Fiction
Fiction
Gay men
Gay men -- Crimes against -- Fiction
Large type books
LGBTQ+ people
Nameless Detective (Fictitious character)
Nameless Detective (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Private investigators
Private investigators -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction
Private investigators -- Fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
Sexual minorities
Detective and mystery fiction
Electronic books
Electronic books. -- Fiction
Fiction
Gay men
Gay men -- Crimes against -- Fiction
Large type books
LGBTQ+ people
Nameless Detective (Fictitious character)
Nameless Detective (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Private investigators
Private investigators -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction
Private investigators -- Fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
Sexual minorities
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Bill Pronzini's "Nameless" detective has become one of the longest-lived, and consistently highly praised, private investigators in the annals of American crime fiction and the award-winning author proves, once again, that his skills are unmatched. Things were quiet in the San Francisco-based agency Nameless founded and his partners, Jake and Vanessa were itching to get back to work. A deadbeat father needed to be found, and Vanessa needed to do some fieldwork, so she took the file and headed out to keep an eye on the last known address. Jake got to work on something much more personal...and dangerous. The Castro had become the stomping ground, literally, of two violent gay-bashers and the most recent victim was Jake's son's lover. Father and son are estranged, but maybe helping now would help them reconcile. That was Jake's thought when he started. For Nameless it was all a matter of letting everyone know that if they needed his help, he was there. Jake was handling his situation but for Vanessa, things got out of hand. Her perp never showed up, but when she saw a man carrying a young girl into the house across the street, she knew something was wrong...and about to get worse, because she was going to investigate what was going on. When she doesn't show up a few days later, Nameless feels a sinking in his gut: a few years ago he'd been kidnapped, shackled, and left to die in a cabin in the woods and something about Vanessa's disappearance echoed too loudly. When he discovers the house she'd investigated on her own and sees the words TAKING US TO A HOUSE IN THE WOODS scrawled on a closet wall, the echo became thunderous. Now it was a race against time, and the clock had begun ticking before "Nameless" and Jake heard the starter's gun.
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Electronic books
Electronic books. -- Fiction
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LGBTQ+ people
Large type books
Nameless Detective (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Private investigators -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction
Private investigators -- Fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
Sexual minorities
Electronic books
Electronic books. -- Fiction
Fiction
Gay men
Gay men -- Crimes against -- Fiction
LGBTQ+ people
Large type books
Nameless Detective (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Private investigators -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction
Private investigators -- Fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
Sexual minorities
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Electronic books
Gay men
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Large type books
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Private investigators
Sexual minorities
Electronic books
Gay men
LGBTQ+ people
Large type books
Nameless Detective (Fictitious character)
Private investigators
Sexual minorities
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