Old Man Nameless just keeps rollin' along. Sixty-one and supposedly semiretired, the Detective without a Name (Spook, 2003, etc.) still has the chops to go hard and fast when Tamara Corbin, his young, black, bright partner, gets herself between a rock and a wacko. While stalking a deadbeat dad, Tamara stumbles into something far worse-a slavering psychopath, a terrified little girl and a kidnapping with the darkest kind of potential. Around the same time, Robert Lemoyne, confused, angry and volatile, stumbles on Tamara, who before she knows it has a gun to her head and no wriggle room. Meanwhile, Jake Runyan, now the firm's star field investigator, is hip-deep in homophobes. His gay son, estranged and disaffected, has asked for a favor. Joshua's lover has been severely beaten, and Joshua wants his father to nail the bashers. In his careful, phlegmatic way, Jake begins a hunt interrupted by the news that Tamara has gone missing. Jake and Nameless hook up, and with the timely help of McCone Investigations (in a nice plug for Marcia Muller, Pronzini's wife) track the beast to his lair, sorting out the bat-swinging homophobes and several smaller fry in the best Nameless manner. Decently written and briskly paced. For fans of this longest of long-distance runners, though, the best news is that the close of his 29th leaves Nameless nowhere near breathless.
Things were quiet in Nameless' San Francisco agency, and his partner, Tamara, was itching to get back to work. A deadbeat father needed to be found, and Tamara needed to do some fieldwork, so she took off for his last known address.
When Tamara goes missing, Nameless feels a sinking in his gut: A few years ago he had been kidnapped and left to die in a cabin in the woods, and something about Tamara's disappearance echoes too loudly. When he discovers the house she had investigated and sees the words “taking us to a house in the wood” scrawled on a wall, the echo becomes thunderous. Now it's a race against time, and Nameless is already late.
Things were quiet in Nameless' San Francisco agency, and his partner, Tamara, was itching to get back to work. A deadbeat father needed to be found, and Tamara needed to do some fieldwork, so she took off for his last known address.
When Tamara goes missing, Nameless feels a sinking in his gut: A few years ago he had been kidnapped and left to die in a cabin in the woods, and something about Tamara's disappearance echoes too loudly. When he discovers the house she had investigated and sees the words “taking us to a house in the wood” scrawled on a wall, the echo becomes thunderous. Now it's a race against time, and Nameless is already late.
Editorial Reviews
Product Details
BN ID: | 2940169521542 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
Publication date: | 03/01/2006 |
Series: | Nameless Detective Mystery Series , #30 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Videos
![](/static/img/products/pdp/default_vid_image.gif)