Pretty good, I did enjoy all of the characters.

When they're good they're good, and this was a good one. Not just the main story but the little nuanced parts. In the main one the agency was hired by a man looking for his wife, that ran away. Again. The wife is a compulsive gambler and is in serious trouble. But she is so far gone that she doesn't see it. And then she goes missing. With two neat little twists towards the end made it very enjoyable (anyone who says they figured is most likely not being honest (lying)). One of the side stories f...

In enjoyed this Nameless detective book as much as I have his previous books. Always great story lines and his characters are also.

The lure of a private eye novel is violence and maybe, if you're lucky, a little sex. Crime fiction is about excitement and sensationalism. It's about fun that's dangerously full of empty calories. So, by those admittedly prurient standards, Pronzini is doing this all wrong and yet - and yet and yet - I enjoyed this damned perplexing book for some reason and I will be reading many more entries in the Nameless Detective series in the days ahead. Go figure.

Pronzini's Nameless detective now has a name (Bill) as well as a young, black female partner, Tamara, and an associate, an ex-cop named Jake. Nameless narrates the bulk of the story and remains its moral center, but Tamara and Jake each have a significant part of the action told from their respective points of view.The main story involves the disappearance of Janice Krochek, a housewife with a gambling addiction. Her husband, Mitchell, hires Nameless to find Janice and return her home. The first...

Another great addition to the series. I like the combination of the professional and personal stories of the now 3 detectives. I’m reading these in order so am curious to see where Jake’s story goes.

This entry in the adventures of the Nameless Detective Agency features cases gripped by two kinds of fevers. First, there is Janice Krochek, a woman gripped by the fever of online gambling. Her husband Mitchell wants her found, and Nameless easily finds her, but she refuses to return home. Soon after, Janice disappear without a trace, and Nameless begins to wonder: has he been hired by Mitchell Krocheck as an alibi? Is Krochek the reason his wife has disappeared? The second case—a pro bono effor...

This series just keeps on giving! Expanded POV characters giving insights into the mindsets of those you've come to know and love.

This series is a treat to read. This one developed a couple of lurid stories, but still it's really more about Nameless and his coworkers than the cases they're working.

My mother recently retired, so I'm looking around for a new mystery series to entertain her. She rather enjoys series, so here's hoping the Nameless Detective works out--there are 38 other books. In one of those rare moments of gender reversal, I recognized Pronzini's name as the husband of Marsha Muller, a mystery writer I enjoyed reading for many years. Overall, I'd say it that while it is decently written, it feels very much of the old world order, full of assumptionsIt begins with members of...

Here is a list of all the books (in order) Happy Reading.1971 The Snatch Random House 1973 The Vanished Random House 1973 Undercurrents Random House 1977 Blowback Ramdom House 1978 Twospot Putman 1980 Laybrinth St. Martin's Press 1980 A Killing In Xanadu Waves Press 1981 Hoodwinked St. Martin's Press 1982 Scattershot St. Martin's Press 1982 Dragonfire St. Martin's Press 1983 Bindlestiff St. Martin's Press 1983 Casefile St. Martin's Press 1984 Quicksilver St. Martin's Press 1984 Night...

This late entry in the Nameless Detectiver (actually, he's called "Bill", presumably after the author's name) series is a winner. I'll admit a fondness for the series going back to the first titles. If that's a biased view, so be it. The "fever" is the online gambling addiction that compulsive types can't resist playing, much to the detriment and heartbreak of themselves and their loved ones. Jake Runyon (a P.I. in Bill's detective agency) provides a subplot worthy of its own series. I liked the...

PROTAGONIST: Nameless DetectiveSETTING: San Francisco areaSERIES: #36RATING: 3.25WHY: Nameless is hired by Mitchell Krochek to find his missing wife, Janice, who is a gambling addict. However, his motives may be less than pure. She is easily found but isn't interested in going back home again until she is badly beaten. At the same time, operative Jake Runyon is working all the time until he is distracted by a personal matter which looks to change his life. This book wasn't quite as engrossing fo...

Another short & sweet - a testimonial toward the problem of gambling addiction & other mental health issues.

Another satisfying entry in my favorite PI series. Split-case format with Jake Runyon headed into new developments, Tamara and Kerry to tiny extents. One outcome more intense than expected, the other a moderate surprise.

My advice to anyone writing a book is not to name it “FEVER” nor even put “FEVER” in the title. In searching for this book by Bill Prozini on Goodreads, I was faced with over 4600 titles. One-word titles are very popular. It is certainly easier to remember a one-word title; however this word is overused. But on to my review. This 33rd installment in the life of the nameless detective deals with the FEVER of a compulsive gambler. I love this series and hope I can ration myself and not read them f...

This wasn't the typical NAMELESS book. Normally Pronzini writes in first person point of view exclusively. In this one he's chosen to use that, but to also use third person for two other secondary characters. I could've skipped those chapters because they did nothing to add to the case. It took away from the novel.

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" Men and women who don't have the skill to consistently beat the odds, who can't quit when they're losing, whose constant need for the thrill of the bet is as addictive as any drug. The estimated number of them is staggering - as many as ten million adults in the U.S. alone, according to the National Council on Problem Gambling. Combined, adult pathological gamblers and problem gamblers cost California nearly a billion dollars annually. "[By definition, odds can't be beat, skills or no skills -...

This feels very classic - no coziness, no abundant personal asides, just a man (two, actually) on a mission. This is the first Nameless novel I've read, but I will certainly be picking up more.