The author's second novel and the first in the Nameless Detective series.
In his first chronicled adventure, the Nameless detective hires on to handle the ransom payoff in a kidnapping case. Financier Louis Martinetti doesn't trust the police to deal with the man who snatched his 9-year-old son from his military prep school, nor is it clear that he trusts the members of his own household. On the appointed evening, Nameless takes a briefcase that contains $300,000 in cash to a secluded location chosen by the kidnapper. Then all hell breaks loose.
Praise for Bill Pronzini
"Pronzini makes people and events so real that you're living those explosive days of terror."
—Robert Ludlum
"Once in a crocodile's age you come across a writer whose work you instinctively like... I've found one—Bill Pronzini. Buy him, read him, and relax."
—Los Angeles Times
"A skilled writer working at the top of his ability."
—Denver Post
"Pronzini delivers breathtaking suspense"
—San Francisco Examiner
"His novels are packed with adventure, fresh characterization, and minute-by-minute suspense."
—Chicago Tribune
"Pronzini is the master of the shivery, spine-tingling it-could-happen suspense story."
—Publishers Weekly
"Pronzini is a pro."
—The New York Times
About the Reader
Barry Greene, a native of St. John's, Newfoundland, was trained as a classical actor in England and Canada, and over the past 35 years has appeared in many classical and contemporary plays, as well as television and feature film productions between Canada and the United States. His voice has been heard broadcasting on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as well as on audiobooks, radio and television commercials and documentary films. Among his current projects is the audio version of If I Were Your Daddy, This Is What You'd Learn, by Julia Espey, scheduled for release in June, 2011, episodes of Hard-Drive 13—a new 'web-tv series', and adapting a prominent British novel to a screenplay.