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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  Take Down
  
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  This work was originally published in serial format  
  in six installments as “Detective Danny Acuff.”
  
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  By Stan R. Mitchell
  
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  Edited by Jaime Reyes
  
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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
  either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
  Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons living or
  dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of the author.
  
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  Copyright © 2016
  
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  Eighth Edition
  
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  All rights reserved, which includes the right to reproduce this book or
  portions thereof in any form whatsoever except as provided by U.S. Copyright
  Law. For information, see website below.
  
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  Prologue
  
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  Danny Acuff stared down at the text message in horror.
  
  An image of his partner was on the phone. Behind her, an evil asshole held her
  in a choke hold with his left arm, with a big .