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So what if Nameless can't get his girlfriend, Kerry, to marry him? So what if he can't talk his partner, Eberhardt, out of his bitter funk? Skies are sunny, and the Nameless Detective wants them to stay that way. So he decides to do an old man a favor and find his missing granddaughter, Gianna. But no one said it would be easy. It seems Gianna's roommate is turning tricks, and Nameless' search quickly leads him to a pimp, a murder, and into a dark pit of human perversion-the kind of place show more where people die. What happen to Gianna Fornessi? Ask Nameless: he's the one gripping his .38 and writing epitaphs in his head ... show lessTags
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A friend asks Nameless to clear his granddaughter's name of stealing two thousand dollars from her landlord. Nameless discovers that it was an extorted cover-up and the young woman is really a high-class prostitute whose been missing for over a week. The roommate ends up dead, Nameless interviews a lot of sleazy characters and discovers that the missing woman was dead before he even started on the case.
Nameless tracks girl who turns out to be a prostitute killed in rough sex
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Bill Pronzini was born in Petaluma, California on April 13, 1943. His first novel, The Stalker, was published in 1971. He is best known for his creation of the Nameless Detective Mystery series, as well as several westerns and novels of dark suspense. He has been a full time writer since 1969. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more show more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. He has won numerous awards including three Shamus Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Mystery Writers of America. His book Snowbound received the Grand Prix de la Litterature Policiere, as the best crime novel published in France in 1988. Pronzini has established himself as a master of the Western novel as well as earning a name for himself in the dark fiction genre. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Epitaphs
- Original publication date
- 1992
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