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Nameless had seen enough death in his years; spending his time watching someone drive to several funerals a day, funerals for people he didn't know, was more than he could take. And he had a non-professional problem of his own: his relationship with his wife, Kerry, had hit a wall, and nothing he did got him over it and to the other side. There was one possibility, one thing he'd done (or not done), but knowing that didn't seem to help. Also not helping was the mood in the office. Tamara had something eating at her and Jake, well, Jake needed a case so he could stop thinking about what was happening with his son. It was a mournful time for everyone.

Then the bits and pieces began to fall into place: The funerals James Troxell was attending were all for women who had died violently. Was he responsible? One woman thought Troxell had killed her sister, and her insistence was becoming a problem.

Too many deaths, too many roads leading nowhere, too many crimes and secrets and fears were coming together as heavy as the fog rolling over the Bay. Too many answers were needed before there'd be sunshine again for anyone and the mourning could stop.

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      The newest addition to Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective series is read by Nick Sullivan, who excels at mysteries and detective stories. Nameless is asked to investigate a wealthy financial planner who attends strangers' funerals and exhibits other unusual behavior. The book is also an intriguing character study, highlighted by Nameless's inability to understand why his wife seems aloof and sullen. Sullivan's performance is terrific. He reads in an almost breathless style that meshes well with the story. Because, as the title suggests, each of the main characters is in some form of mourning, Sullivan provides them with distinct styles and attitudes, thus enriching the underlying story that mysteriously intertwines them. D.J.S. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 12, 2005
      The 30th outing for Pronzini's legendary Nameless Detective (after 2005's Nightcrawlers
      ) exhibits many of the strengths of his earlier adventures. Unfortunately, it also suffers from some of the diffuse softness of recent books about the San Francisco PI, especially when it dwells on the private lives of Nameless and his two colleagues. The Nameless books of old were noteworthy for their compressed sadness and anger and for the sharpness of their hero's tradecraft. Those qualities are present to some degree in Nameless's current case involving a wealthy financial consultant, James Troxell, who suddenly starts attending the funerals of women, all strangers who died violently. And Shamus-winner Pronzini can still whip up a descriptive storm in just a few words. "The Good Life, with all its attendant perks," Nameless muses on a visit to Troxell's expensive home. "Unless possibly, for some private reason, you were starting to come apart at the seams." That's the Nameless we know and love, not the sitcom father and baffled husband he's too often seen as here.

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