Deadfall
Bill Pronzini
"Pronzini is a pro."
- The New York Times
In Deadfall Bill Pronzini's popular "Nameless Detective" returns in his most baffling - and harrowing - case to date. While staked out on a routine car repossession, Nameless all but witnesses the shooting of a San Francisco lawyer, Leonard Purcell. He arrives on the scene in time to hear Purcell's dying words, one of which is "deadfall." But Purcell dies in Nameless's arms before the cryptic word can be explained.
The mystery deepens when Nameless discovers that Leonard's brother, Kenneth, fell to his death six months earlier. Is Purcell's death linked to the apparent accidental "deadfall"…
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- The New York Times
In Deadfall Bill Pronzini's popular "Nameless Detective" returns in his most baffling - and harrowing - case to date. While staked out on a routine car repossession, Nameless all but witnesses the shooting of a San Francisco lawyer, Leonard Purcell. He arrives on the scene in time to hear Purcell's dying words, one of which is "deadfall." But Purcell dies in Nameless's arms before the cryptic word can be explained.
The mystery deepens when Nameless discovers that Leonard's brother, Kenneth, fell to his death six months earlier. Is Purcell's death linked to the apparent accidental "deadfall"…
Форма: роман
Первая публикация: 1986
Язык: Английский
