title: Scenarios: A Nameless Detective Casebook
author:  Bill Pronzini 
description: Nameless, the compassionate San Francisco PI, first appeared in "It's a Lousy World" in 1968. Since then he has been the subject of 28 novels and more than 40 short stories. This collection of 14 stories, presented in chronological order, spans the entire 35 years of Nameless' life in print. Clever plots are a Pronzini trademark, but what has etched Nameless so indelibly in the hearts of readers is his steady progression from lonely middle age to respectable family man in his mid-sixties. That entire process is relected here. Highlights include "Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern" and "The Ghosts of Ragged-Ass Gulch," in which Nameless confronts a rural community violently opposed to a powerful real-estate developer. Longtime fans will treasure the compressed overview of Nameless' life provided by these carefully arranged stories. Converts will have 28 novels to get up to speed. Highly recommended. <i>Wes Lukowsky</i><br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  The Master Detective
  
  
  [CHAPTER I. THE STRANGE CASE OF SIR GRENVILLE
  
  
  RUSHOLM
  
  [CHAPTER II. THE KIDNAPING OF EVA
  WILKINSON](The%20Master%20Detective_split_001.html#filepos49343)
  
  [CHAPTER III. THE DELVERTON
  AFFAIR](The%20Master%20Detective_split_001.html#filepos88228)
  
  [CHAPTER IV. THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE IN MANLEIGH
  ROAD](The%20Master%20Detective_split_001.html#filepos125999)
  
  
  [CHAPTER V. THE DIFFICULTY OF BROTHER
  PYTHAGORAS](The%20Master%20Detective_split_001.html#filepos172058)
  
  [CHAPTER VI. THE TRAGEDY IN DUKE'S
  MANSIONS](The%20Master%20Detective_split_001.html#filepos209798)
  
  [CHAPTER VII. THE STOLEN AEROPLANE
  MODEL](The%20Master%20Detective_split_002.html#filepos249375)
  
  [CHAPTER VIII. THE AFFAIR OF THE CONTESSA'S
  PEARLS](The%20Master%20Detective_split_002.html#filepos289042)
  
  
  [CHAPTER IX. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MADAME
  VATROTSKI](The%20Master%20Detective_split_002.html#filepos328637)
  
  
  [CHAPTER X. THE MYSTERY OF THE MAN AT
  