Zigzag, Bill Pronzini
Zigzag, Bill Pronzini
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Zigzag
A Nameless Detective Collection

Author: Bill Pronzini

Narrator: Nick Sullivan

Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/17/2016


Synopsis

Two novellas and two short stories featuring Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini’s iconic Nameless Detective “Zigzag” is an original novella, in which a safe and simple accident investigation becomes the unraveling of a twisted murder scheme.“Grapplin’,” which first appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, deals with the kind of missing person case that can end in only one of two ways, closure or heartbreak.In the second short, “Nightscape,” listeners discover how, indeed, one thing just leads to another. (This story was first published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine as “The Winning Ticket.”)The final work, “Revenant,” is another original novella and entangles Nameless in a weird crime with fearful occult overtones.

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

This diverting collection of Nameless Detective short stories, all published in the first fifteen years of his career (1968 to 1983), is a pleasant way to pass the time. These stories, although not memorable, never insult the reader’s intelligence, and they contain good enough puzzles and enough hum......more

Goodreads review by Ron

The Nameless Detective is one of the great and enduring legacies in detective fiction. If you'll pardon the expression, Pronzini absolutely kills it in every in these great stories. His writing is crisp and to the point, without unnecessary embellishment. But at the same time, there is always intrig......more

Goodreads review by Eddie

Just pure PI Just straight forward detective and realistic. Right down to contract signing. Likable without even knowing his name. Recommend for a fun read.......more


Quotes

“This so-called novel in MWA Grandmaster Pronzini’s consistently superior Nameless Detective series consists of two new novellas and two previously published short stories set in the San Francisco Bay area…Pronzini is economical with his details, providing just the right ones to bring each scene to life.” Publishers Weekly