Spadework: A Collection of "Nameless Detective" Stories

Nameless Detective #42

by Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller (Introduction)

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Genres: Mystery, Short Stories

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Mystery Writers of America Awards "Grand Master" 2008
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1999) for Boobytrap
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) for A Wasteland of Strangers
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) for Sentinels
Shamus Awards "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) 1987
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1982) for Hoodwink

Married to author Marcia Muller.

Pseudonyms:
Robert Hart Davis (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Jack Foxx
William Jeffrey (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Alex Saxon

Reviews

[Debra Jeakins · Rating 5 out of 5]

SPADEWORK A COLLECTION OF THE NAMELESS DETECTIVE BY BILL PRONZINI AND NARRATED BY NICK SULLIVAN.

I am a newbie to the "NAMELESS DETECTIVE " series even though Bill Pronzini has been around awhile. I fell in love with them when I came across them quite by accident.
SPADEWORK is a collection of short stories. Each story ends with a tiny twist to them. Some of the stories are a bit humorous and some deadly serious.
The books introduction is done by his wife Marcia Mueller , with narration done by Nick Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan's does a good job with the characters as well. I am looking forward to digging up more of Mr.Prozini's work in the future.

I recieved this audiobook free in exchange for an honest review.

[Jeff Hobbs]

Read so far:

*Cat’s Paw
*Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg
Twenty Miles from Paradise
*Ace in the Hole
*Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern
Something Wrong
*Here Comes Santa Claus
*Stakeout
*Souls Burning
*Bedeviled
*One Night at Dolores Park
*Home Is the Place Where
Bomb Scare
Worried Mother Job
Zero Tolerance

[Karl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Here is a list of all the books (in order) Happy Reading.

1971 The Snatch Random House
1973 The Vanished Random House
1973 Undercurrents Random House
1977 Blowback Ramdom House
1978 Twospot Putman
1980 Laybrinth St. Martin's Press
1980 A Killing In Xanadu Waves Press
1981 Hoodwinked St. Martin's Press
1982 Scattershot St. Martin's Press
1982 Dragonfire St. Martin's Press
1983 Bindlestiff St. Martin's Press
1983 Casefile St. Martin's Press
1984 Quicksilver St. Martin's Press
1984 Nightshades St. Martin's Press
1984 Double St. Martin's Press
1985 Bones St. Martin's Press
1985 Grave Yard Plots St. Martin's Press
1886 Dreadfall St. Martin's Press
1988 Shackles St. Martin's Press
1988 Small Fellonies St. Martin's Press
1990 Jackpot Delacorte
1991 Breakdown Delacorte
1992 Quarry Delacorte
1992 Epitaths Delacorte
1993 Demons Delacorte
1995 Hardcase Delacorte
1996 Spadework Crippen & Landru
1996 Sentinels Carroll & Graf
1997 Illusions Carroll & Graf
1998 Boobytrap Carroll & Graf
1999 Sluths Five Star
1999 Duo Five Star
2000 Crazybones Carroll & Graf
2002 Bleeders Carroll & Graf
2003 Spook Carroll & Graf
2003 Scenarios Five Star
2005 Nightcrawlers Forge
2006 Mourners Forge
2007 Savages Forge
2008 Feaver Forge
2009 Schemers Forge
2010 Betrayers Forge
2011 Camouflage Forge
2012 Hellbox Forge
2012 Kinsmen Cemetery Dance
2012 Femme Cemetery Dance
2013 Nemesis Forge

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

An entertaining read, with some stories better than others -- and an amusing afterword from the author. Some of these stories are conceits, really, intended to have Nameless show off his detective skills. Others are more complete.