Bleeders, Bill Pronzini
Bleeders, Bill Pronzini
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Bleeders

Author: Bill Pronzini

Narrator: Gregory Gorton

Unabridged: 6 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/05/2017

Synopsis

A simple case of blackmail gets lethally complicated when "Nameless" exposes a nasty scam that involves junior accounts executive Jay Cohalan, his unhappy wife, and a mistress with a serious drug problem. It's the kind of case Nameless likes, because bleeders—the blackmailers, extortionists, small-time grifters, and other opportunists who prey on the weak and gullible—sit near the top of his most-worthless-human-beings list. But soon Nameless finds his client shot dead in the middle of a four-poster bed, and only by a hair's breadth escapes a similar fate. During a relentless hunt for his unknown assailant in San Francisco's shadowy underworld, he encounters bleeders of every ilk, and, in a climax as powerful as it is unexpected, finally confronts his own demons.

About Bill Pronzini

Bill Pronzini has won numerous awards, including the 2008 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Hammer Award from the Private Eye Writers of America.

About Gregory Gorton

Gregory Gorton has narrated more than five hundred audiobooks. His television credits include Homicide: Life on the Streets and Unsolved Mysteries. Greg has been performing, writing, and teaching with Washington, DC’s, premiere musical comedy improvisation troupe, Now This! and Now This, Kids! for more than fifteen years.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on August 28, 2019

This particular entry in the Nameless Detective series is one of the best, unified by the theme announce in the title. Nameless’ ordeal is filled with “bleeders” in two senses of the world: the grifters and other sociopaths who bleed their victims of their financial wealth and emotional resources, a......more

Goodreads review by Maddy on January 01, 2016

PROTAGONIST: Nameless Detective SETTING: California SERIES: #30 of 44 RATING: 3.75 WHY: The client is being blackmailed and is using his wife's money to pay the tab. Before too long there's a lot of double crosses and death, and a frightening close call for Nameless. He's 60 years old and has an adopted......more

Goodreads review by Vannessa on April 23, 2017

Nameless recent case sent him on a mission to find the man who nearly killed him with his daughter watching. The man ran off when his gun jammed. Bleeders was a good read and Gregory Gorton did a good job in storytelling.......more

Goodreads review by John R on February 10, 2018

I've enjoyed the 6-7 Nameless Detective books I've read so far ..........this one was a bit slow because of the inner turmoil he was going thru.........I guess in a few of the other books with Jake and Tamara involved in the investigations it puts a little more excitement in the stories for me............more

Goodreads review by The Shayne-Train on August 31, 2021

A turning point for our old Nameless friend, who may or may not be "getting too old for this sh!t."......more

Quotes

“Nameless, as suggested here, may be on the verge of a well-earned retirement, but he’s in top form as he often has been in Pronzini’s award-winning series.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“All told, a well-delivered adventure, by writer and reader. If this is Nameless’s exit, we shall miss him.” AudioFile

“This well-performed audiobook is sure to please the author’s fans, who may be disappointed to learn this could be the last go-around for Nameless.” Booklist

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