Nemesis
A Nameless Detective Novel
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- 11,99 €
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- 11,99 €
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Young, newly rich Verity Daniels claims to be receiving threatening demands for money from a mysterious caller. When Jake Runyon agrees to investigate, it seems a relatively simple matter to expose the extortionist by setting a trap for him.
The case, however, is nowhere near as clear-cut as it first appears.
And Verity Daniels is nowhere near the helpless victim she pretends to be.
A series of surprise revelations culminates in Runyon being falsely accused of a crime that never happened, and he and his employers then become the targets of a vicious legal vendetta. A sudden act of violence turns the case upside down, leading to a much more serious charge against Jake.
With the help of partner Tamara Corbin, Nameless (known as Bill to his associates) puts aside the difficult personal issue that has kept him sidelined at home and works to clear both Runyon's and the agency's good names. The task requires untangling Verity Daniels's bizarre past and present relationships, and before Bill succeeds, he must overcome a deadly threat to his own safety.
Nemesis continues author Bill Pronzini's acclaimed Nameless Detective Series.
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Jake Runyon, Nameless's partner in his San Francisco detective agency, takes an extortion case in MWA Grand Master Pronzini's solid 38th Nameless Detective novel (after 2012's Hellbox). Verity Daniels, who recently came into money, receives a threatening call from a man demanding that she pay $10,000 or he'll expose something from her past that will put her in prison. Verity insists to Runyon she has no skeletons in her closet, and that her fianc 's accidental death was just that. Runyon agrees to work with her to nab the extortionist, but something about her story doesn't add up. He's even more skeptical when the blackmailer is a no-show for an arranged drop-off of the cash. Meanwhile, Nameless is tending to the home front (his wife, Kerry, is still recovering from wounds received while being held hostage), but rapidly changing developments in the extortion case, including murder, bring him back into the fray. Fans of well-written, unspectacular mysteries will find this an engaging quick read.