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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
Nameless #5 from Pronzini and Lt. Hastings #9.5(?) from Wilcox. The collaborators alternate sections of the book, with each of their characters narrating those sections. I haven’t read and of Collins’s books better and Hastings is a police procedural series I will look into.
The alternate sections of the book become two stories. It’s a bit awkward and the two main characters don’t really work together on the case(s).
According to the setup of the story, the two men play poker together. In Lt. Hastings intro he says, referring to how the other players address Nameless, “they call him Bill”, as if maybe that’s not his name. He addresses Nameless as Bill throughout, just highlighting the awkwardness of putting these two together.
Nameless doesn’t fare so well in this story as far as strength of character. He’s interested in a woman who dislikes San Francisco because “there are too many gay men” though she uses a hateful slur for the gay men. Nameless is a bit put off but it doesn’t bother him very much really. He still wants to pursue her. In fact when he’s supposed to be bodyguarding someone he goes off with this woman, hoping to get laid (his words). It doesn’t matter if anything happened to his client or not, it’s out of character for him to abandon his job.
Both authors make breast size a defining characteristic of women. If they are not well endowed they are boring or mean. They are likely homely as well. And of anyone is fat, they are likewise lesser people.
The story has a lot going for it and there’s plenty of suspense in the final sections but overall it’s just “good”.
The alternate sections of the book become two stories. It’s a bit awkward and the two main characters don’t really work together on the case(s).
According to the setup of the story, the two men play poker together. In Lt. Hastings intro he says, referring to how the other players address Nameless, “they call him Bill”, as if maybe that’s not his name. He addresses Nameless as Bill throughout, just highlighting the awkwardness of putting these two together.
Nameless doesn’t fare so well in this story as far as strength of character. He’s interested in a woman who dislikes San Francisco because “there are too many gay men” though she uses a hateful slur for the gay men. Nameless is a bit put off but it doesn’t bother him very much really. He still wants to pursue her. In fact when he’s supposed to be bodyguarding someone he goes off with this woman, hoping to get laid (his words). It doesn’t matter if anything happened to his client or not, it’s out of character for him to abandon his job.
Both authors make breast size a defining characteristic of women. If they are not well endowed they are boring or mean. They are likely homely as well. And of anyone is fat, they are likewise lesser people.
The story has a lot going for it and there’s plenty of suspense in the final sections but overall it’s just “good”.
Yet another great Nameless Detective mystery! This one is a bit different, as it was half-written by another dude with another SanFran-based sleuth character, and they kinda alternate back and forth through the book. But you do not need to have familiarity with the other dude to enjoy the story, and I actually think I might check out that other series after I finish this one!
A mystery/suspense novel told from two points of view: Pronzini's Nameless character, and Wilcox's Hastings (presumably a series character of his, though I wouldn't know).
The story revolves around a family winery and a visiting dignitary (ahem) in San Francisco. Very much a product of the era in which it was written: 1978.
The story revolves around a family winery and a visiting dignitary (ahem) in San Francisco. Very much a product of the era in which it was written: 1978.