Scenarios

Few characters have the loyal readership of Bill Pronzini's "Nameless Detective." The fourteen stories in this collection span his entire thirty-five-year life on the printed page. They include "It's a Lousy World," where Nameless proves that a friend did not commit the crime he was accused of; "Dead Man's Slough" and "The Ghosts of Ragged-Ass Gulch," which take him out of San Francisco into the hinterlands; and "Souls Burning," where he tries to help an old friend make one last try at setting things right. 


Stories included in this collection: 

It’s a Lousy World 

The Pulp Connection 

Dead Man’s Slough 

The Ghosts of Ragged-Ass Gulch 

Cat’s-Paw 

Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg 

Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern 

Stakeout 

La Bellezza delle Bellezze 

Souls Burning 

Bomb Scare 

The Big Bite 

Season of Sharing (with Marcia Muller) 

Wrong Place, Wrong Time