Endgame
A Nameless Detective Novel
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
The Nameless Detective has taken many cases over the years… and this is one for the books.
Or rather, two cases that will test his agency's resources. Love is in the air...more to the point, love gone awry. One case involves a woman whose husband died accidentally in a remote cabin in the Sierras. The wife isn’t buying that her husband was alone, and is determined to find out his secret and get closure…in spite of any potential heartbreak.
The other case is a missing person . . . but the person missing was agoraphobic and never left the house. The husband swears that while their relationship was strained due to his wife’s condition, he was still in love with her. He begs Nameless to clear him and find his wife before the cops come for him.
Bill Pronzini's Endgame is a classic Nameless tale—twisty puzzles featuring one of mystery’s best loved detectives.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The vitality and suspense that marked this long-running series are long gone, as shown by MWA Grand Master Pronzini's 41st Nameless Detective novel (after 2015's Vixen). James Cahill, a regional sales director, retains the San Francisco PI to find his agoraphobic wife, Alice, who has disappeared from their Bay Area home. Her sister believes that Cahill murdered Alice, and he's eager for Nameless to exonerate him. While there's no obvious motive for foul play, Nameless is intrigued to learn that Alice, a romance novelist, was recently accused of plagiarism. Meanwhile, operative Jake Runyon, Nameless's partner, looks into the seemingly accidental death of a man found in a locked cabin by his wife, who just wants to identify the woman she suspects her husband was with at the time. The dramatic developments in the characters' personal lives aren't likely to move readers not already invested in the series. While Pronzini does include an impossible crime, he has crafted much more imaginative resolutions in previous installments.
