Bill Pronzini's novel, Snowbound, received the Grand Prix de la Litterature Policiere as the best crime novel published in France in 1988. A Wasteland of Strangers was nominated for best crime novel of 1997 by both the Mystery Writers of America and the International Crime Writers Association; in addition to six Edgar Award nominations, Pronzini has received three Shamus Awards, two for best novel, and the Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in northern California with his wife, the crime novelist Marcia Muller.
"[He] is the classic private-eye hero pared down to the bone: He has no identity except for his detective work, into which he pours all his skill and soul. He is a remarkable creation." --Chicago Sun-Times on Nightcrawlers "The...reader's involvement with 'Nameless' and his problems continues to increase in intensity, making the series succeed on an emotional level rare in the field. He towers over most of the competition." --Jon Breen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine on Nightcrawlers "No one is better at finding the links between tricky homicides than 'Nameless' and no one is more poetic in relating the details of a case; [Pronzini's] crisp language renders a blood-spattered room almost beautiful." --Booklist on Nightcrawlers
Audiobook listeners are always in for a treat when the reader is so familiar with the author's style that the narration sounds free of artifice and overflows with the author's nuances and emotions. Nick Sullivan has read so many of the Nameless books that his seamless reading appears to continue a conversation only briefly interrupted. This time around, Nameless has been asked by a former client to investigate the death of her sister. She is convinced that her sister's mean and controlling husband must have had something to do with it. Having checked into the man's past before, Nameless has been unable to find out anything that would implicate him, but the sister insists that the investigation be continued. Jake Runyon, the other investigator in the Nameless agency, is in Northern California attempting to serve a subpoena but soon finds that the small mountain community is hiding a multitude of secrets, secrets that come very close to killing him. Pronzini's stories flow with a natural, unhurried rhythm that gives listeners the chance to see how real detective work is done. Highly recommended.-Joseph L. Carlson, Allan Hancock Coll., Lompoc, CA Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
"[He] is the classic private-eye hero pared down to the bone: He has no identity except for his detective work, into which he pours all his skill and soul. He is a remarkable creation." --Chicago Sun-Times on Nightcrawlers "The...reader's involvement with 'Nameless' and his problems continues to increase in intensity, making the series succeed on an emotional level rare in the field. He towers over most of the competition." --Jon Breen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine on Nightcrawlers "No one is better at finding the links between tricky homicides than 'Nameless' and no one is more poetic in relating the details of a case; [Pronzini's] crisp language renders a blood-spattered room almost beautiful." --Booklist on Nightcrawlers
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