| Nightshades: Nameless Detective Contributor(s): Pronzini, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 161232083X ISBN-13: 9781612320830 Publisher: Speaking Volumes, LLC OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.52 lbs) 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Pronzini is a pro."-The New York Times When Great Western Insurance hires the Nameless Detective to investigate an accidental death in a small northern California town, it looks like a routine case-one he expects to solve swiftly so he and his lady friend, Kerry Wade, can take a much needed vacation. But no such luck. Nameless lands in the middle of a violent conflict between a group of greedy land developers and the handful of citizens who inhabit an isolated Gold Rush ghost town. The triumverate of successful realtors plan to "renovate" Musket Creek (nee Ragged-Ass Gulch), and bring back its glory days as a Gold Rush boomtown-this time in the guise of a "theme-style" amusement park.The town denizens have different ideas. Stark, desolate, crumbling-this isd ouble-dealing, arson, and murder. It's a classic showdown-with death thrown in as the twist.The twelfth installment in the thrilling Nameless Detective series. |