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Fever: A Nameless Detective Novel (Nameless Detective Mystery) (Hardcover)

by Bill Pronzini (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Forge (27 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0765318180
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765318183
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.5 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 970,485 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Imaginative Plotting and Vivid Characters Make This One of the Best Nameless Mysteries, 18 Jun 2008
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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Since the Nameless Detective (now, not so nameless) began building a practice with Tamara Corbin, this series has just gotten better and better. With two partners, Nameless and Tamara, dedicated detective, Jake Runyon, and new detective, Alex Chavez (who appears as little more than a name so far), the books can follow many story lines at the same time with different kinds of character and plot complications. It works really well.

Nameless is now in his sixties and trying to be semi-retired, except that cases keep pulling him back into being more active than he would like. Tamara is young and smart, and frustrated by having lost her boyfriend who left town for a new career and another woman. Jake is tormented by the early death of his beloved wife, and his estrangement from his son who lives in San Francisco; Jake's deep pain is the foundation that makes the recent stories more vivid and powerful.

The book starts out innocently enough: Mitchell Krochek wants his wayward wife, Janice, back. She has a habit of dropping out to indulge in her passion for gambling. While she normally returns a lot poorer and of her own accord, this time she's gone for a record amount of time. Jake finds Janice, and Nameless and Tamara confront her. Janice doesn't want to go back, and the detectives are ethically bound not to disclose her location without her permission.

Meanwhile, Tamara has taken on a pro bono case and assigned Jake to it: Rose Youngblood is concerned about her son, Brian, who had been assaulted recently and wouldn't talk about it. Jake finds the investigation to be tougher than expected until he gets an unexpected call that gives him a powerful lead.

Things heat up in the Krochek case when Janice unexpectedly returns to Mitchell . . . and then disappears again amid signs of potential foul play.

Searching out the answers to these seemingly simple puzzles requires lot of careful investigation, hard thinking, and much leg work. The solutions will stun you. Bill Pronzini is at his plot-plotting best in Fever, and he takes the time to make the characters involved in the mystery to be unique and unforgettable.

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