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Summary: I've read all the Nameless books and wish there were more!
Review: When I started reading Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective series earlier this year, 27 books seemed like an awful lot to plow through. When I finally finished "Crazybone," though, I wished there were 27 more! I feel like I know "Nameless" and Kerry better than some of my own relatives! Happily, "Crazybone" is one of the best entries in this series; I loved the subplot with Nameless' mother-in-law (author of a private eye series starring tough-guy detective Samuel Leatherman) trying to snoop into the suspicious death of one of her elderly neighbors. I heartily recommend going back to "The Snatch" and reading all 27 Nameless books in order; what a wonderful thing Bill Pronzini has accomplished by writing this series.
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Summary: I've read all the Nameless books and wish there were more!
Review: When I started reading Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective series earlier this year, 27 books seemed like an awful lot to plow through. When I finally finished "Crazybone," though, I wished there were 27 more! I feel like I know "Nameless" and Kerry better than some of my own relatives! Happily, "Crazybone" is one of the best entries in this series; I loved the subplot with Nameless' mother-in-law (author of a private eye series starring tough-guy detective Samuel Leatherman) trying to snoop into the suspicious death of one of her elderly neighbors. I heartily recommend going back to "The Snatch" and reading all 27 Nameless books in order; what a wonderful thing Bill Pronzini has accomplished by writing this series.
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Summary: The Best One Yet
Review: Why wouldn't a wife accept a $50,000.00 insurance payment from her dead husband's policy? When "Nameless" is hired by the insurance company to find out, and to convince her to take the money, he is greeted by a reaction from the widow that causes him to investigate further, even against his own better judgment (which, by the way, he never follows).The mystery is first-class Pronzini. There are also digressions into "Nameless'" impending curmudgeonhood which, in the hands of another author would be a real distraction, but from Pronzini are a hilarious insight into the hero's view of life. The description of an advertising agency's cocktail party was laugh-out-loud funny. The resolution of the story adds an element which is significantly going to interplay with that impending curmudgeonhood over the next several years. I can't wait; please, Bill, write them faster.
Rating:
Summary: The Best One Yet
Review: Why wouldn't a wife accept a $50,000.00 insurance payment from her dead husband's policy? When "Nameless" is hired by the insurance company to find out, and to convince her to take the money, he is greeted by a reaction from the widow that causes him to investigate further, even against his own better judgment (which, by the way, he never follows). The mystery is first-class Pronzini. There are also digressions into "Nameless'" impending curmudgeonhood which, in the hands of another author would be a real distraction, but from Pronzini are a hilarious insight into the hero's view of life. The description of an advertising agency's cocktail party was laugh-out-loud funny. The resolution of the story adds an element which is significantly going to interplay with that impending curmudgeonhood over the next several years. I can't wait; please, Bill, write them faster.
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