“One of the best in mystery suspense field is Bill Pronzini…. He has been holding up the California hard-boiled PI tradition for 30 years.” —Washington Post Book World

“His novels are cerebral, not bloody. There is violence, but of a muted sort, and none of it is gratuitous…. The ‘Nameless Detective’ novels are a thinking reader’s detective series.” —The Chicago Sun-Times

“There is no living writer whose work more faithfully embodies the spirit of classic private-eye fiction than Bill Pronzini’s. It is class, classy noir storytelling.” —Cleveland Plain-Dealer

“[He] is the classic private eye hero pared down to the bone: He has not identity except for his detective work, into which he pours all his skill and soul. He is a remarkable creation.” —Chicago Sun-Times

“No one is better at finding links between tricky homicides than Nameless, and no one is more poetic in relating the details of a case; [Pronzini’s] crisp language renders a blood-spattered room almost beautiful.” —Booklist