β Scribed by Pronzini, Bill
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A simple case of blackmail gets lethally complicated when "Nameless," exposes a nasty scam that involves junior accounts executive Jay Cohalan, his unhappy wife, and a mistress with a serious drug problem. It's the kind of case "Nameless" likes, because bleedersthe blackmailers, extortionists, small-time grifters, and other opportunists who prey on the weak and gulliblesit near the top of his most-worthless-human-beings list. So he contemplates with pleasure the prospect of putting another one or two of these parasites out of commission, and then returning the $75,000 in cash to its rightful owner.
"Nameless" discovers, though, that he is not going to be able so easily to close his Cohalan filenot when he finds his client face down in the middle of a four-poster bed with a bloody, powder-scorched hole behind the right ear. And only by a hair's breadth does "Nameless" himself escape a similar fate. Aggrieved, cut to the psychological quick by his close brush with death, "Nameless" embarks on a relentless hunt for his unknown assailant in San Francisco's shadowy underworld. There he encounters bleeders of every ilklike the loan shark Nick Kinsella, drug dealer Jackie Spoons, punch-drunk boxer Zeke Mayjack, and crankhead Charlie Brightbefore he tracks down his quarry.
At a deserted backcountry road stop "Nameless," packing his long-unused .38, attends to the last of a bad business and, in a climax as powerful as it is unexpected, finally confronts his own demons. He maybe even conquers them.
ES Index : 27
Has Cover : Yes
Number of Words in Auth: 2
Formats : EPUB
Number of Formats : 1
All Identifiers : isbn:9781628153286, mobi-asin:B019YEE5US
Test Text Series Index: Detective
Single Author : Bill Pronzini
Original Source : New_Files_Oatmeal_09_15_AM
Sorted Author by LN, FN: Pronzini, Bill
Title Length : 008
Title Parm D : Bleeders
Title Parm F : Bleeders
Num of Aut : 1
Title Parm B : (
ES Lib Name : NIRC 2019-09
Record ID : 7559
Template Work Area : Detective
ES Name : Nameless Detective
Uncomma Author : Bill Pronzini
Title Parm A : Bleeders
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