Scattershot
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
San Francisco's fog-drenched streets have never felt more dangerous than in Scattershot, the gripping entry in Bill Pronzini's beloved Nameless Detective series, where an unnamed private investigator finds himself entangled in a web of seemingly unrelated crimes that converge with deadly precision. When a series of scattered, violent incidents begin to form a chilling pattern, Nameless must navigate a city teeming with desperation, moral ambiguity, and secrets that powerful people will kill to protect. Pronzini's signature style — taut, hard-boiled prose tempered with rare psychological depth — elevates Scattershot beyond the conventions of the genre, firmly establishing Nameless as one of American crime fiction's most enduring and humanistic protagonists. The novel masterfully chronicles the toll that a life steeped in violence and moral compromise takes on a solitary man who still believes, stubbornly, in justice — leaving the reader to wonder how long that belief can survive the darkness closing in around him.
Author: Bill Pronzini
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, St. Martin's Press
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
San Francisco's fog-drenched streets have never felt more dangerous than in Scattershot, the gripping entry in Bill Pronzini's beloved Nameless Detective series, where an unnamed private investigator finds himself entangled in a web of seemingly unrelated crimes that converge with deadly precision. When a series of scattered, violent incidents begin to form a chilling pattern, Nameless must navigate a city teeming with desperation, moral ambiguity, and secrets that powerful people will kill to protect. Pronzini's signature style — taut, hard-boiled prose tempered with rare psychological depth — elevates Scattershot beyond the conventions of the genre, firmly establishing Nameless as one of American crime fiction's most enduring and humanistic protagonists. The novel masterfully chronicles the toll that a life steeped in violence and moral compromise takes on a solitary man who still believes, stubbornly, in justice — leaving the reader to wonder how long that belief can survive the darkness closing in around him.