Strangers
A Nameless Detective Novel

Name: Strangers
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Bill Pronzini
ISBN: 9781483000602

Author: Bill Pronzini

Series: Nameless Detective Novels #39

Narrator: Nick Sullivan

Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 07/01/2014

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Private Investigators, Hard-boiled

Synopsis

My profession, bottom line, is helping people in trouble. It's not just a job to me; it's what I live for.Cody Hatcher is the kind of teenager you don't want your kids hanging out with. That's the book on him, and it's why the citizens of Mineral Springs have no problem at all believing that he's guilty of three rapes.His mother, Cheryl, an old lover of Nameless, is being harassed by vindictive townspeople. It's against such odds that Nameless must work to prove Cody innocent. There are few to help him and plenty to get in his way.It's a classic situation for an iconic private investigator.

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 Val on July 20, 2014

This is one of the Nameless Detectives darker stories. He travels to Mineral Springs, Nevada, at the request of a former flame in order to try to clear her son of the accusation of rape for which he's been jailed. The community has already decided he's guilty and is persecuting Cheryl, the mother. T......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on October 01, 2019

This one reminded me of Jack Reacher - he could have been substituted for the No Name Detective. Maybe is was the small Nevada town and the damsel in distress that gave me that feeling. Anyway, it was good. Pronzini is one of the few authors who hasn’t gone to the dogs in his golden years. Limited p......more

Goodreads review by Mysteryfan on December 31, 2017

I haven't read Bill Pronzini in several years. I thought as long as I was revisiting Sharon McCone, I'd take another look at Nameless. Strangers is Bill Pronzini's latest and it's good. Nameless now has a first name - Bill - but he's still the weary veteran. He's better-connected to people he loves......more

Goodreads review by GlenK on July 23, 2015

Bill Pronzini’s Nameless Detective series is such a treasure and of such consistent high quality that a less than stellar entry is a surprise. Such is the disappointing “Strangers”, a story that finds Nameless in Mineral Springs, Nevada helping a long-ago old flame whose son is in jail. Unlike many......more

Quotes

“When Nameless, the venerable, now semiretired San Francisco PI, receives a call from a former lover asking for his assistance, he’s off to the small mining town of Mineral Springs, Nevada…Another fine entry in a series that remains one of the mystery genre’s gold standards.” Booklist