Order of Nameless Detective Books
The Nameless Detective series is a detective fiction series by American author Bill Pronzini. Pronzini’s character has no name, is sort of an everyman character – middle-aged, out-of-shape and a couch potato.
Bill Pronzini began his Nameless Detective series with The Snatch in 1971. After nearly 40 novels (plus plenty of short stories), the series is still ongoing. Below is a list of Bill Pronzini’s Nameless Detective books in order of when they were first published (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Nameless Detective Books
|
The Snatch |
(1971) |
|
|
The Vanished |
(1973) |
|
|
Undercurrent |
(1973) |
|
|
Blowback |
(1977) |
|
|
Twospot |
(1978) |
|
|
Labyrinth |
(1980) |
|
|
Hoodwink |
(1981) |
|
|
Scattershot |
(1982) |
|
|
Dragonfire |
(1982) |
|
|
Bindlestiff |
(1983) |
|
|
Quicksilver |
(1984) |
|
|
Nightshades |
(1984) |
|
|
Double |
(1984) |
|
|
Bones |
(1985) |
|
|
Deadfall |
(1986) |
|
|
Shackles |
(1989) |
|
|
Jackpot |
(1990) |
|
|
Breakdown |
(1991) |
|
|
Quarry |
(1991) |
|
|
Epitaphs |
(1992) |
|
|
Demons |
(1993) |
|
|
Hardcase |
(1995) |
|
|
Sentinels |
(1996) |
|
|
Illusions |
(1997) |
|
|
Boobytrap |
(1998) |
|
|
Crazybone |
(2000) |
|
|
Bleeders |
(2001) |
|
|
Spook |
(2002) |
|
|
Nightcrawlers |
(2005) |
|
|
Mourners |
(2006) |
|
|
Savages |
(2007) |
|
|
Fever |
(2008) |
|
|
Schemers |
(2009) |
|
|
Betrayers |
(2010) |
|
|
Camouflage |
(2011) |
|
|
Hellbox |
(2012) |
|
|
Nemesis |
(2013) |
|
|
Strangers |
(2014) |
|
|
Vixen |
(2015) |
|
|
Zigzag |
(2016) |
|
|
Endgame |
(2017) |
Publication Order of Nameless Detective Short Stories/Novellas
|
Booktaker |
(2011) |
|
|
Kinsmen |
(2012) |
|
|
Femme |
(2012) |
Publication Order of Nameless Detective Collections
|
Casefile |
(1983) |
|
|
Spadework |
(1994) |
|
|
Scenarios |
(2003) |
Note: Twospot was co-authored with Collin Wilcox. The novel Double was co-authored with Marcia Muller.