Order of Nameless Detective Books

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.