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Shackles

by Bill Pronzini · 1989

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Who is the slightly overweight, Italian-American private investigator who never reveals his name? He is the "Nameless Detective". This time the San Francisco Bay area's hottest sleuth finds himself the victim of a ruthless, fiendish, and unknown enemy's revenge. Martin's.

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Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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