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Nameless had told Mitchell Krochek that he'd do whatever he could to find his missing wife, Janice. She'd run away before—propelled by a gambling fever that grew ever higher—and Mitch had always taken her back. This time, when Nameless, his partner Tamara, and the agency's chief operative Jake Runyon finally found her in a sleazy San Francisco hotel, she demanded a divorce.

A few days later, a beaten and bloody Janice stumbled

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Two novellas and two short stories featuring the Nameless Detective include "Zigzag," in which a simple accident investigation uncovers a twisted murder scheme, and "Revenant," in which Nameless is tangled in a crime with bizarre occult overtones.

Nameless is back, and Pronzini's much-praised "Bleeders" did not conclude a series that "Booklist" calls a stunning and unique achievement in crime fiction and one of the greatest-ever detective series. Instead "Spook, " takes his seasoned private-eye hero to a new phase of a still-evolving 30-year career.

Nameless may not like David Virden, but the case is simple enough: find his ex-wife, and they know where she is. Deliver some papers to her and it is is all done. But she refuses the papers, sends a message to Virden to never contact her again, and slams the door. His colleague, Tamara, tells Nameless that Virden threatens to sue, stops payment on his checks, and claims that the woman they located is not his wife. Then he disappears and his fiancee...

An original novella, in which a safe and simple accident investigation becomes the unraveling of a twisted murder scheme. Also includes another novella and two short stories.

Cheryl seeks assistance from Nameless when her son, Cody Hatcher, is accused of three rapes in Mineral Springs.

In the thirty years the Nameless detective has been a private investigator, he has never once had the misfortune to cross paths with a femme fatale, until he crosses paths with Cory Beckett, a deadly woman who has brought some new angles to the species.

Nameless wasn't supposed to come into the office on Mondays; or even answer the phone. On this Monday, he did both. The call was from Barney Rivera - once a friend, now despised - at Great Western Insurance. Against his better judgment, Nameless agreed to meet with him. The investigation was relatively simple: a multimillionaire rare books collector had reported the theft of eight valuable volumes. From a locked library to which he has the only key....