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Spadework: Stories of the Nameless Detective
Spadework Stories of the Nameless Detective Author:Bill Pronzini A collection of fifteen short stories about the "Nameless Detective. — The stories in Spadework cover the whole gamut of Nameless Detective styles, from early noir to sophisticated plots to wonderful locked room mysteries. The times of the stories are not specified, but appear to date from 1970 to 1996 based on their first publication dates.... more » A prior collection, "Casefile", preceded this work in 1983.
Two of the stories appear in print for the first time: "Worried Mother Job" and "Zero Tolerance"..
Foreword is by Marcia Muller, about her take on her husband's work, and an interesting afterword by Mr. Bill Pronzini in which he talks about his dedication to the needs of the story over the continuity of the series.« less