Rating: 
Summary: Pronzini Does it again!
Review: I think this is Pronzini's best novel yet. I feel like I know the Nameless Detective personally.
Rating: 
Summary: Author must be as tired as main character
Review: Mr. Pronzini sure let his fans down with this one...thin plot, and an ending that is downright lousy. If I had written this book, I would want to be nameless!
Rating:
Summary: Something Special
Review: Pronzini is always strong, but this one is special. It starts as a good, solid read, with the nameless detective outsmarting some lowlifes who fully deserve their fate, but then takes a darker, more emotional turn that is pitch-perfect and completely convincing. Too often in this genre such changes are overdone, turning the story into something sentimental and self-indulgent -- but Pronzini gets it right. He has a very subtle touch everywhere, from the hero's interactions with his child to his own night terrors. And the suprising ending that one of the other reviewers hated (probably because it does not provide a spasm of cleansing violence) succeeds fully.Isn't it time that Pronzini is "rediscovered"?
Rating:
Summary: Pronzini is a master!
Review: Whether you're a veteran reader of P.I. novels or a neophyte who doesn't know his Hammett from his Chandler, you'll love the latest in Pronzini's "Nameless" series. This writer is a master, a benchmark against whom all the others compare themselves. A craftsman of both plot and language, Pronzini delivers each and every time. And in this way, he's that rarest of things: the sure bet. He knows how to deliver. He doesn't waste a detail or sling an extra word. "Bleeders" shows him at the pinnacle of his powers. Not only is it a fine mystery, thoroughly entertaining and beautifully paced, but his protagonist is entirely real. Nameless has aged and in this outing, he's feeling the weight of his cumulative history, the burden of all the pain and tragedy he's participated in over the course of 20+ books. Why fool with the latest flash-in-the-pan, when the king is still writing stories this engrossing and rewarding?
Rating:
Summary: Pronzini is a master!
Review: Whether you're a veteran reader of P.I. novels or a neophyte who doesn't know his Hammett from his Chandler, you'll love the latest in Pronzini's "Nameless" series. This writer is a master, a benchmark against whom all the others compare themselves. A craftsman of both plot and language, Pronzini delivers each and every time. And in this way, he's that rarest of things: the sure bet. He knows how to deliver. He doesn't waste a detail or sling an extra word. "Bleeders" shows him at the pinnacle of his powers. Not only is it a fine mystery, thoroughly entertaining and beautifully paced, but his protagonist is entirely real. Nameless has aged and in this outing, he's feeling the weight of his cumulative history, the burden of all the pain and tragedy he's participated in over the course of 20+ books. Why fool with the latest flash-in-the-pan, when the king is still writing stories this engrossing and rewarding?
Rating: 
Summary: nice entry
Review: Yes, this is another nice entry in the famous "Nameless" detective series, and that is the mild recommendation intended.
The reader gets the impression from this story that the author
is tired of writing about his great creation, so the action
seems slower than in the past, and the "nameless" detective
is deliberately plagued by self-doubt and worry that slow down
both him and this story.
We have to wonder whether the prolific author intends to quit
this series, and he is deliberately leading up to that point,
or whether he is genuinely tired of the series, and this book
merely reflects that lessening interest.
This story just doesn't quite measure up to the earlier incarnations of "nameless," and we have to feel bad about that.
Nameless has been a friend to the detective-story-reader for
quite a few years now, and he has led us through many an adventure and kept us entertained.
If a reader is just sampling this series, some of the earlier
stories are highly recommended.
Here, we have a mildly entertaining story with a familiar
character, and we hope a revived "Nameless" will re-appear
in a more envigorated state shortly.
A nice story here that won't take much time or attention.
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