Quarry

Name: Quarry
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Bill Pronzini
ISBN: 9781602831360

Author: Bill Pronzini

Series: Nameless Detective Novels #19

Narrator: Nick Sullivan

Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 12/01/2004

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-boiled

Synopsis

Old Man Hass is concerned by the near-catatonic behavior of his daughter, Grady. The young woman showed up at his doorstep a few days earlier, refused to admit that anything was wrong, and has been wandering around the farm, not talking and barely eating. The Nameless Detective thinks the old farmer would have been better off calling a psychiatrist—but he's at least willing to ask a few questions. As Nameless begins to investigate, he discovers that Grady's affliction is more than just a broken heart: she has been the victim of brutal psychological torture. In order to save her, he's not only going to have to find her tormentor, he's going to have to call on his own darkest impulses and turn the quarry into the victim.

About Bill Pronzini

Bill Pronzini has won numerous awards, including the 2008 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Hammer Award from the Private Eye Writers of America.

About Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan has narrated audiobooks for over twenty years and has recorded over four hundred titles. An Audie Award winner, he is also the recipient of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. His TV and film credits include The Good Wife, The Affair, Bull, Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Our Idiot Brother, and Private Life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on February 15, 2020

In this episode in the Nameless Detective series, our hero is hired by old man Arlo Haas to find out what is wrong with his daughter Grady. When she suddenly leaves her city job as an insurance adjuster and returns to the ranch to stay with him, Arlo finds she is woefully changed: despairing, emotio......more

Goodreads review by Jim on January 27, 2018

This is my first contact with the series - book 19 - & yet I slipped into it without an issue. There's obviously a lot of back story & some is revealed. It's enough to lend some history, but there's never a dump & I'd guess it wouldn't grate on those who have followed the series. It's a pretty typica......more

Goodreads review by Bebe on August 16, 2013

One of the most unusual detective stories I ever read, an ex-cop turned detective chasing a deranged killer he calls the "executioner", yet he (the ex-cop)carries no gun (he loathes guns). The characters are off the wall, the victim of this "executioner" has the personality of a dead banana. Read th......more

Goodreads review by Michael on October 05, 2016

This book is a tale of two halves. The "hook" for this book doesn't come until around page 100. Keep in mind, the whole book is just barely over 200 pages. If I didn't like this author a lot, and I hadn't read him extensively in the past, I would not have finished this book, which is a shame. The fi......more

Goodreads review by Maddy on April 27, 2014

RATING: 4.0 SERIES: #20 Nameless is hired by an old farmer, Arlo Haas, to investigate what has happened to his daughter. She has returned home from SF. Always a very private person, Grady Haas is clearly tormented by something that has happened to her but won't discuss it with anyone. Nameless determi......more