Bill Pronzini

Twenty-three of Shamus Award-winning author Bill Pronzini's stories, all of which display his versatility, his clean, crisp narrative style, and his keen awareness of detail....

The Nameless Detective is called upon to find out how rare books and maps are being stolen from an antiquarian bookshop with a faultless alarm system....

In his first chronicled adventure, the Nameless Detective hires on to handle the ransom payoff in a kidnapping case. Financier Louis Martinetti doesn't trust the police....

The Nameless Detective is hired by a young wife to find out whether her husband has been having an affair. He trails the husband to a motel of cabins in a small village....

Few characters have the loyal readership of Bill Pronzini's "Nameless Detective." The 14 stories in this collection span his entire 35-year life on the printed page....

The big, sort-of-sloppy, brew-loving P.I. opens up his files on some of his most fascinating cases....

This is a collection of 50 short stories by veteran mystery and crime writer Bill Pronzini, best known as the creator of The Nameless Detective series....

Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services is a fixture in San Francisco at the dawn of a new century. While the future is unclear, Sabina and John know one thing for certain: they will protect their clients from flimflammers, thieves, and murderers....

Zigzag is an original novella in which a safe and simple accident investigation becomes the unraveling of a twisted murder scheme....

Spadework was published on the 25th anniversary of The Snatch, the first Nameless Detective novel....

Carmody, a sometimes detective who also works as a freelance bodyguard and smuggler, operates off the Mediterranean island of Majorca....

These are the places where fear lives, where the chill in the air has nothing to do with the temperature, and where Death can be someone you've already met....

He's just gotten some bad news, and its impact has made him immobile and fearful....

More Oddments features 14 more detective stories featuring characters such as Fergus O'Hara and the "Nameless" Detective....

For over 30 years, Bill Pronzini has created fictional sleuths....

Today, Bill Pronzini is famed for his private-eye stories, and Barry N. Malzberg is one of America's premier science fiction writers, but back in their salad days they collaborated on a number of stories. Problems Solved collects all their crime and mystery collaborations....

The West Coast crime cartel known as "The Organization" has been beset by a series of problems: members are being murdered and merchandise hijacked....

Nameless is called in by his friend, police lieutenant Eberhardt, when a dead woman's purse contains Nameless's business card....

As Eberhardt answers the door, the detective hears two sharp echoing reports - gunshots; they could only be gunshots....

A collection of short mystery stories by award-winning author Bill Pronzini.