Kinsmen : a

Kinsmen A "Nameless Detective" novella

Bill Pronzini

Book - 2012

"Allison Shay was traveling home from the University of Oregon with her new boyfriend, Rob Compton, when their car broke down near the tiny rural town of Creekside, California. Soon after, Allison and Rob went missing without a trace. Whatever happened, it felt like something bad to the Nameless Detective. Five days without a whisper of contact with the outside world. Long past the inconsiderate-kids stage; long past the silly and the harmless. Kinsmen takes Bill Pronzini's classic private investigator to California's northeast backwoods, where an isloated community is determined to keep a deep, dark secret: why Allison Shay and Rob Compton really vanished. The real question facing the Nameless Detective: are they still alive...?"--Dust jacket flap.

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Subjects
Nameless Detective (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > California > Fiction.
Missing persons > California > Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Published
Baltimore, Md. : Cemetery Dance Publications 2012, c1993.
Language
English
Main Author
Bill Pronzini (-)
Edition
1st ed., Cemetery Dance Publications ed
Item Description
"Trade hardcover edition"--Dust jacket flap.
Physical Description
185 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN
9781587672668
Contents unavailable.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

A missing-persons case takes Pronzini's San Francisco PI to California's sparsely settled northeast corner in this taut novella first published in 1993 and later expanded into the 1996 novel, Sentinels. Marian Shay retains the gumshoe after her college-age daughter, Allison, who was driving from the University of Oregon to her home in the Bay Area with a new boyfriend, goes missing. Marian knows nothing about the boyfriend, adding another layer to the disturbing mystery of Allison's whereabouts. Allison and boyfriend were last seen at a motel in the town of Creekside ("population 112"), where their car broke down. Nameless has a bad feeling about the answers he'll find, which is enhanced by the less than friendly reception he gets from the motel proprietor and other locals he interviews. Pronzini's lean prose effectively moves the action along, capturing the feel of a close-knit community like Creekside. (Dec.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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