Bleeders (Nameless Detective Book 27)

Bleeders (Nameless Detective Book 27)

Bad money turns unforgettably murderous in the twenty-seventh novel of the long-running, award-winning Nameless Detective series.

A simple case of blackmail gets lethally complicated when "Nameless," Bill Pronzini's seasoned private-eye, exposes a nasty scam that involves junior accounts executive Jay Cohalan, his unhappy wife, and a mistress with a serious drug problem. It's the kind of case "Nameless" likes, because bleedersâ€”the blackmailers, extortionists, small-time grifters, and other opportunists who prey on the weak and gullibleâ€”sit near the top of his most-worthless-human-beings list. So he contemplates with pleasure the prospect of putting another one or two of these parasites out of commission, and then returning the $75,000 in cash to its rightful owner.

"Nameless" discovers, though, that he is not going to be able so easily to close his Cohalan fileâ€”not when he finds his client face down in the middle of a four-poster bed with a bloody, powder-scorched hole behind the right ear. And only by a hair's breadth does "Nameless" himself escape a similar fate. Aggrieved, cut to the psychological quick by his close brush with death, "Nameless" embarks on a relentless hunt for his unknown assailant in San Francisco's shadowy underworld. There he encounters bleeders of every ilkâ€”like the loan shark Nick Kinsella, drug dealer Jackie Spoons, punch-drunk boxer Zeke Mayjack, and crankhead Charlie Brightâ€”before he tracks down his quarry.

At a deserted backcountry road stop "Nameless," packing his long-unused .38, attends to the last of a bad business and, in a climax as powerful as it is unexpected, finally confronts his own demons. He maybe even conquers them.

Praise for Bill Pronzini and the Nameless Detetective series

â€œA stunning and unique achievement in crime fiction. â€˜Namelessâ€™ has become an American treasure.â€
â€”Booklist
Country USA
Manufacturer Speaking Volumes
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-12-28
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Speaking Volumes
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-12-28
Format	Kindle eBook

Bleeders (Nameless Detective Book 27)

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