Bill Pronzini

When a meteorite lands on his property, Jordy Verrill envisions an easy payday. Unfortunately for Jordy, this is no ordinary rock....

The Nameless Detective is called upon to find out how rare books and maps are being stolen from an antiquarian bookshop with a faultless alarm system....

The most renowned American authors in Western fiction are brought together in one bang 'em-up, shoot-it-out collection...

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....

This is a collection of 50 short stories by veteran mystery and crime writer Bill Pronzini, best known as the creator of The Nameless Detective series....

Nameless is called in by his friend, police lieutenant Eberhardt, when a dead woman's purse contains Nameless's business card....

He's just gotten some bad news, and its impact has made him immobile and fearful....

In Echo Park, in the small town of Santa Rita, California, the mutilated body of Martin Torrey is found by two passersby....

In The Bughouse Affair former Pinkerton operative Sabina Carpenter and her detective partner, ex-Secret Service agent John Quincannon, undertake what initially appear to be two unrelated investigations....

Deadly Anniversaries celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Mystery Writers of America with a collection of stories from some of the top names in crime fiction. An anniversary can honor many things: a birth, a wedding and sometimes even a death. In Deadly Anniversaries, editors Marcia Muller and...

Drug lords, missing millionaires, corrupt cops… just another day for Carpenter and Quincannon Detective Services....

Everyone's mourning in the nameless detective's office, and he doesn't like it one bit....

A collection of short mystery stories by award-winning author Bill Pronzini.

These are the places where fear lives, where the chill in the air has nothing to do with the temperature, and where Death can be someone you've already met....

"Checkmate." That was the last word uttered to Charlie Chan and Prefect of Police Claude DeBevre by a dying reporter....

Former pulp writer and current hack Russell Dancer invites Nameless to the first annual Western Pulp Convention in San Francisco....

Nothing much happens in Peaceful Valley, Montana. And that's just how Sheriff Lucas Monk likes it. Aside from the occasional drunken brawl or minor disturbance out on the reservation, he hasn't had to resort to his fists or sidearm in years. That is, until mid-October, 1914....

For over 30 years, Bill Pronzini has created fictional sleuths....

More Oddments features 14 more detective stories featuring characters such as Fergus O'Hara and the "Nameless" Detective....

Can the true identity of the Sherlock Holmes imposter be revealed at last? Listen to find out....