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1) Betrayers
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"We're told that there are seven deadly sins; not on the list is the deadliest of them all: Betrayal. For each of the detectives at the agency, a betrayal-- personal, against a child, against the elderly-- becomes not only the driving force behind an investigation, but the source of the kind of resolve that cannot be derailed by threats of any kind. Tamara's case began as something personal but explodes as her investigation of her former lover Lucas...
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2008
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English
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On his third day in Death Valley, Rick Fallon comes upon a deserted Toyota Camry, and soon thereafter, the almost-dead body of Casey Dunbar. Having rescued her, Fallon soon learns what had driven her to give up on life--and, his own life on hold, he resolves to unravel the twisted and dangerous strands of hers, a quest that leads him to the glitter-dome of Las Vegas.
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2020.
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English
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"Despite the fact that his wedding is right around the corner, John Quincannon takes on what may be his riskiest assignment: going undercover into a gold mine to ferret out a gang hijacking high-grade ore before it reaches the surface ... John discovers the clever methods by which the scheme is being worked and exposes the conspirators ... following him leads to an unexpected rendezvous with Sabina, who has uncovered vital information about the thief's...
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Nameless Detective mysteries volume 34
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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A new Nameless Detective story from the 2008 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. The hunt for a phantom stalker with a penchant for pouring acid to make his point gives Nameless and his partner Jake more than enough work--as long as neither turns his back.
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2021.
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English
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"The latest Carpenter & Quincannon mystery: Quincannon's pursuit of two con men who have absconded to Hawaii with a considerable sum of his employer's assets dovetails nicely with Sabina's vision of a second honeymoon. But neither is wont to stay out of trouble, and Sabina inadvertently becomes involved in a locked room/dying message murder in Honolulu"--
13) Hellbox
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When his wife goes missing from their Sierra foothills cabin after spotting a suspicious man, the Nameless Detective and his associate, Jake Runyon, launch a search and rescue mission that stretches legal boundaries.
14) Endgame
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Nameless Detective mysteries volume 41
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English
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The first Nameless Dtective case involves a woman whose husband is accidentally killed in a remote cabin in the Sierras. The wife isn't buying that he was alone, and she's determined to uncover his secret and get closure -- in spite of any potential heartbreak.
The next case is a missing person -- a person who was agoraphobic and never left the house. The husband swears that while their relationship was strained due to his wife's condition, he was...
15) Zigzag
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Two novellas and two short stories featuring Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Bill Pronzini's iconic Nameless Detective! Zigzag is an original novella, in which a safe and simple accident investigation becomes the unraveling of a twisted murder scheme. Grapplin' deals with the kind of missing person case that can end in only one of two ways, closure or heartbreak. In the second short, Nightscape, readers discover how, indeed, one thing just...
17) Vixen
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2015.
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English
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"When Nameless is hired by Cory Beckett, a beautiful young woman who claims to be a model, to find her missing brother, Kenneth, it seems to be a routine matter. Kenneth has fled San Francisco in a drug-induced panic to avoid trial on a charge of stealing a valuable necklace from the alcoholic wife of the man for whom he works, wealthy yachtsman Andrew Vorhees. When agency operative Jake Runyon locates and questions the frightened young man, Cory...
20) Camouflage
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Nameless Detective mysteries volume 36
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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David Virden hires Nameless to find his ex-wife and deliver some papers to her. But she refuses the papers and sends a message to Virden to never contact her again. His colleague, Tamara, tells Nameless that Virden threatens to sue and claims that the woman they located isn't his wife. Then he disappears and his fiance hires Nameless to find out why.
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