| Bleeders Lib/E Contributor(s): Pronzini, Bill (Author), Gorton, Gregory (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792727517 ISBN-13: 9780792727514 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: A blackmail case gets lethally complicated when "Nameless" exposes a nasty scam that involves junior accounts executive Jay Cohalan, his unhappy wife, and a mistress with a serious drug problem. For "Nameless, " bleeders -- the blackmailers, extortionists, small-time grifters, and other opportunists who prey on the weak and gullible -- sit near the top of his most-worthless-human-beings list. But soon his client is dead, and he barely escapes a similar fate. In San Francisco's shadowy underworld, he encounters bleeders of every ilk, and, in a climax as powerful as it is unexpected, finally confronts his own demons. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Nameless Detective Novels |
| Physical Information: 1.54" H x 7.12" W x 6.46" (0.84 lbs) |
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| Publisher Description: A simple case of blackmail gets lethally complicated when Nameless exposes a nasty scam that involves junior accounts executive Jay Cohalan, his unhappy wife, and a mistress with a serious drug problem. It's the kind of case Nameless likes, because bleeders-the blackmailers, extortionists, small-time grifters, and other opportunists who prey on the weak and gullible-sit near the top of his most-worthless-human-beings list. But soon Nameless finds his client shot dead in the middle of a four-poster bed, and only by a hair's breadth escapes a similar fate. During a relentless hunt for his unknown assailant in San Francisco's shadowy underworld, he encounters bleeders of every ilk, and, in a climax as powerful as it is unexpected, finally confronts his own demons. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pronzini, Bill: - Bill Pronzini has been nominated for or won every prize offered to crime fiction writers, including the 2008 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. It is no wonder, then, that Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine said of him: Complexity of characterization, puzzle, and theme support the case for Pronzini as the finest American detective novelist in current practice. He lives and writes in California with his wife, the crime novelist Marcia Muller. Gregory Gorton has narrated more than five hundred audiobooks. His television credits include Homicide: Life on the Streets and Unsolved Mysteries. Greg has been performing, writing, and teaching with Washington, DC's, premiere musical comedy improvisation troupe, Now This! and Now This, Kids! for more than fifteen years. |