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Publication Order of Nameless Detective Books

The Snatch (1971)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Vanished (1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Undercurrent (1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Blowback (1977)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Twospot (1978)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Labyrinth (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Hoodwink (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Scattershot (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dragonfire (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Bindlestiff (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Quicksilver (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Nightshades (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Double (With: Marcia Muller) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Bones (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Deadfall (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Shackles (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Jackpot (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Breakdown (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Quarry (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Epitaphs (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Demons (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Hardcase (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Sentinels (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Illusions (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Boobytrap (1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Crazybone (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Bleeders (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Spook (2002)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Nightcrawlers (2005)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mourners (2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Savages (2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Fever (2008)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Schemers (2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Betrayers (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Camouflage (2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Hellbox (2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Nemesis (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Strangers (2014)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Vixen (2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Zigzag (2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Endgame (2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Nameless Detective Short Stories/Novellas

Booktaker (2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Kinsmen (2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Femme (2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Nameless Detective Collections

Casefile (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Spadework (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Scenarios (2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of John Quincannon Books

with Marcia Muller
Quincannon (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Beyond the Grave (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Quincannon's Game (2005)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery Books

with Marcia Muller
The Bughouse Affair (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Spook Lights Affair (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Body Snatchers Affair (2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Plague of Thieves Affair (2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Dangerous Ladies Affair (2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Bags of Tricks Affair (2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Flimflam Affair (2019)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Stolen Gold Affair (2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Paradise Affair (2021)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Carpenter and Quincannon Collections

Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services (1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Quincannon's Game (2005)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Charlie Chan Books

Charlie Chan in The Pawns of Death (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Academy Mystery Books

with Martin H. Greenberg
Police Procedurals (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Locked Room Puzzles (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Oxman and Tobin Mysteries Books

with John Lutz
The Eye (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Shadowtown (By: John Lutz) (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Stalker (1971)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Panic! (1972)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Jade Figurine (1972)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Snowbound / Games (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dead Run (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Games (1976)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Running of Beasts (1976)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Freebooty (1976)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Acts of Mercy (1977)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Wildfire (1978)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A killing in Xanadu (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Prose Bowl (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Duel at Gold Buttes (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Cambodia File (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Masques (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Border Fever (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Day of the Moon (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Gallows Land (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Starvation Camp (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Lighthouse (With: Marcia Muller) (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Last Days of Horse-Shy Halloran (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Firewind (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Hangings (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Carmody's Run (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
With an Extreme Burning (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Blue Lonesome (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Wasteland of Strangers (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Nothing But the Night (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
All the Long Years (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
In an Evil Time (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Step to the Graveyard Easy (2002)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Alias Man (2004)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Crimes of Jordan Wise (2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Other Side of Silence (2008)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Hidden (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Violated (2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Give-A-Damn Jones (2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave (2019)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Cat’s Paw (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Here Comes Santa Claus (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Home Is The Place Where (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Big Bite (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Devil's Brew (2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Pumpkin (2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Best Western Stories of Steve Frazee (With: Martin H. Greenberg,Steve Frazee) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Graveyard Plots (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Small Felonies (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Best Western Stories of Frank Bonham (With: Martin H. Greenberg,Frank Bonham) (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Stacked Deck (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Best Western Stories of Les Savage, Jr. (With: Martin H. Greenberg,Les Savage Jr.) (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Sleuths (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Problems Solved (2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Burgade's Crossing (2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
On Account of Darkness and Other Stories (With: Barry N. Malzberg) (2004)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Coyote and Quarter-Moon (2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Crucifixion River (With: Marcia Muller) (2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dago Red (2008)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Small Felonies 2 (2022)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of New Frontiers Collection Books

with Martin H. Greenberg
New Frontiers, Vol. 1 (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
New Frontiers, Vol. 2 (With: Martin H. Greenberg) (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Gun in Cheek (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
San Francisco (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
1001 Midnights (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Son of Gun in Cheek (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Six Gun In Cheek (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Anthologies

Wondermakers 2(1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Future Corruption(1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Arena: Sports Science Fiction(1976)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mystery Writers' Choice 1977(1976)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Midnight Specials(1977)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dark Sins, Dark Dreams(1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Werewolf!(1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The End of Summer(1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Night Screams(1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Shared Tomorrows(1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Chrysalis 5(1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Chrysalis 6(1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Voodoo(1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mummy!(1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Edgar Winners(1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Other Worlds Volume 2(1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural(1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
100 Malicious Little Mysteries(1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense(1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural(1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Arbor House Necropolis(1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Giant Book Of Horror Stories(1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense(1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Alfred Hitchcock's Borrowers of the Night(1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Web She Weaves(1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps(1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Baker's Dozen(1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Western Hall of Fame(1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Child's Ploy(1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Outlaws(1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Reel West(1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Witches' Brew(1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
13 Short Mystery Novels(1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Eyes Have It(1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Mystery Hall of Fame(1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Chapter and Hearse(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Cowboys(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dark Lessons(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
She Won the West(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Warriors(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Deadly Arts(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Second Reel West(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Murder in the First Reel(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Wickedest Show on Earth(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Shadows 8(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Police Procedurals(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Ethnic Detectives(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Halloween Horrors(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tales of Mystery(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tales of the Dead(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Cattlemen(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Railroaders(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mean Streets(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Steamboaters(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Great Modern Police Stories(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Third Reel West(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mystery in the Mainstream(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
101 Mystery Stories(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Wild Westerns(1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Prime Suspects(1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Horse Soldiers(1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Uncollected Crimes(1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Suspicious Characters(1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Manhattan Mysteries(1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
13 Short Detective Novels(1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Gunfighters(1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Lady on the Case(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cloak and Dagger(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Texans(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Best of the West(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Homicidal Acts(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Criminal Elements(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mammoth Book of World War II Stories(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Kill or Cure(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Californians(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Felonious Assaults(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Arizonans(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
More Wild Westerns(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Deadly Doings(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mistletoe Mysteries(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Northwesterners(1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Crime and Crime Again(1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Northerners(1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Best of the West 2(1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Best of the West III(1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Christmas Out West(1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Treasury of World War II Stories(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Treasury of Civil War Stories(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Montanans(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Combat!(1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman(1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992(1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories(1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories(1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dark Crimes 2(1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Criminal Intent(1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Great Tales of the West(1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural(1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993(1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Hardboiled(1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Torture Trek and Eleven Other Action-Packed Stories of the Wild West(1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories(1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
First Cases, Volume 1(1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels(1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Gunfight!(1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1995(1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Century of Mystery(1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Giant Book of War Stories(1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Giant Book of Short Crime Stories(1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Detective Duos(1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Giant Book of Private Eye Stories(1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1997(1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Pure Pulp(1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Best of the American West II(1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Irreconcilable Differences(1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Crafty Cat Crimes(2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1(2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Oddments(2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2(2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Century of Great Suspense Stories(2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
More Oddments(2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Most Wanted(2002)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3(2002)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4(2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
San Francisco Noir 2(2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Masters of Horror and the Supernatural(2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Beat to a Pulp: Round 2(2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction(2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Coast to Coast: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea(2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Deadly Anniversaries(2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Bullets and Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider(2021)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Bill Pronzini is a well known American author who likes to write his novels based on the Mystery and Thriller genres. He was born on April 13, 1943 in Petaluma, California in the United States. He was an avid reader right from his childhood days and was fascinated by his grandfather’s mystery and science fiction digest at the age of 12. After that he used to frequently purchase second hand pulp magazines from the bookstores in San Francisco and seemed intrigued by their stories. In a few years, Bill was able to collect around 3000 pulp magazines. When he completed his studies at the junior college, Bill began working as a newsstand clerk, sports reporter, car-park attendant, plumbing supply salesman, office typist, and a warehouseman. Bill also served as a part time civilian guard for transporting prisoners, for a U.S. Marshall. Apart from the mystery and thriller novels, Bill also likes to write novels on the Science Fiction, Literature and Fantasy themes. Bill is particularly famous for his works in detective fiction and is famous for writing down the Nameless Detective series of novels. Other than being a novelist, he is also an anthologist and has compiled over 100 collections, many of which are based on the western, science fiction and mystery stories.

Throughout his writing career, Bill has used a number of pseudonyms for writing different categories of novels. Some of his pen names include Jack Foxx, Alex Saxon, William Hart Davis, Brett Halliday, Romer Zane Grey and William Jeffrey. Bill was born as William John Pronzini. He has married 3 times in his life, firstly with Laura Patricia in the year 1965, whom he divorced after one year. Second time Bill married Brunhilde Schier in the year 1972. The two got separated in the year 1985 and eventually got divorced. In the end, Bill married Marcia Muller for the final time in his life, who herself is a mystery writer. Their marriage took place in the year 1992 and the two of them are still living together happily. Bill has collaborated with Marcia on 4 novels from 1984 to 2015 as well as on a number of anthologies. Author Bill Pronzini began his writing career in the year 1971 with his first novel, The Stalker. During the same Bill began writing his most famous work, the Nameless Detective series. Since then, Bill has written and published around 42 books in the series as well as several short stories. The unique feature of the series is that although it depicts the typical criminal mysteries, the amount of violence depicted in the novels of the series is quite less. As the short stories are concerned, Bill has written more than 300 of the. Many of his published short stories have featured in Argosy and Adventure magazines, which are considered as the first pulp magazines of America. The prosperous career of Bill Pronzini as an author has allowed him to receive many prestigious awards and nominations for his achievements in the mystery genre. His first novel was nominated for the Edgar Award in the year 1972 for being the Best First Mystery Novel. In the year 1982, he won the first Shamus Award in the Best Private Eye Novel category. Then he was also nominated for the Edgar Award in the following year in the category of Best Biographical or Critical listings. During the next year, Bill won the Shamus Award for his short story Cat’s Paw in the category of Best Private Eye Short Story, and another short story called Bones was also nominated for the same award in the year 1986. In the year 1987, Bill won the Lifetime Achievement Shamus Award called The Eye in the mystery genre. This is considered to be the highest accolade to be awarded in the mystery genre. In the same year, Bill and Marcia together won their first Macavity Award in the Critical Work category for their collaboration novel 1001 Midnights. They also won the same award in the same category for their other novel Son of Gun in Cheek in the year 1988.

Bill won the Anthony Award and a nomination for the Shamus Award in the year 1989. He was also awarded the Grand Prix de Literature Award in the same year. These were followed by a number of other nominations and awards such as the Anthony Award, the Edgar Award and the Shamus Award in the following years up to 2010. Because of his unique style of writing mysteries, Bill was considered as a master of the genre. He seems to have touched every form of mystery in his writings, including the locked-room mysteries, noirish thrillers, adventure novels, historicals, men’s action and spy capers. Other than his wife Marcia, Bill has also collaborated with a few of his fellow authors such as Barry Walhberg, John Lutz and Colin Wilcox. Bill’s non-fiction works are also quite effective to earn him a place in the Hall of Fame of the Private Investigator genre. The novels written by Bill have been translated into a number of languages and have been published in more than 30 countries all over the world. Apart from being an expert mystery writer, Bill Pronzini is also an avid reader and editor. He has edited around 80 short stories in his 20 year career. He was hoping to end his famous Nameless Detective series after the 26th novel was published, as he felt that he had written enough novels for the series. However, he received an exciting offer from a publisher and he could not refuse it. Hence, he continued with the series. In the early 1970s, Bill used to travel to Europe and has resided in West Germany and Majorca or a short while. As of today, Bill lives happily in San Francisco along with his wife Marcia Muller.

One of the novel series written by Bill is the John Quincannon series, which consists of 3 novels published between the year 1985 and 2005. The series deals with the 19th century private eye named John Quincannon from San Francisco, California. The first novel of the series was published in the year 1985 by the Ballantine Books publishing house and was titled ‘Quincannon’. The opening plot of the novel shows Secret Service agent John Quincannon as trying to recover from his grief in which he had killed a young woman and her unborn child with his stray bullet. However, he seems to have found some joy in his life. He is asked to go on a mission to destroy a counterfeiting ring which was responsible for the killing one of his colleagues. He has tried hard to come out of his grief and stay sober for the mission. However, he is required to deal with another woman who reminds him of his last victim. The second novel of the series was titled ‘Beyond the Grave’. It was published in the year 1986 by the Carroll & Graf publishing house. The plot of the novel deals with the investigations of detective John Quincannon and the Chicana sleuth named Elena Oliverez, who seems to an amateur in the profession. The novel shows the mystery of San Francisco, which is prevailing from 1894 up to 1986. The novel is very well written by the collaborative effort of Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller.

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