Thomas F. (hardtack) - , reviewed on 7/2/2025 + 2852 more book reviews

Bill Pronzini is one of my favorite mystery writers and this is one of his shorter novels, which is in the "Nameless Detective" series. He and Marcia Muller, his wife, cooperated in writing the "Carpenter and Quincannon" Western mystery series, which I couldn't get enough of.

This one keeps you guessing until the end as to whom the killer is, and even then there is another surprise. Plus, I couldn't figure out the title until it was explained in the end.

Some of the books in this series are hard to find, but I've found they don't really need to be read in order.

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