Nothing but the Night
Published on 15. July 2014
262 pages
978-1-4976-2998-1 (ISBN)
Description
The lives of two very different men collide with shocking consequences in the darkness of the California night in this gripping noir thriller from an acclaimed master
Successful Northern California vintner Cameron Gallagher suffers from alcoholism, depression, and persistent nightmares. Truck driver Nick Hendryx lost everything when a hit-and-run accident put his wife in a coma. They are two men with seemingly little in common, but their disparate paths are about to intertwine in startling and dangerous ways. As Nick's determined search for the man who wrecked his wife and his lives pulls him deeper into Cameron's orbit, the wealthy wine executive struggles to hold on to a rapidly disintegrating personal life. And when there's nothing but the night separating them, their entangled worlds and secrets will explode in ways neither man could ever have anticipated.
Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini, a virtuoso of contemporary American noir fiction, delivers a relentlessly suspenseful novel that propels the reader on a twisting and breakneck downhill race that surprises at every turn. Nothing but the Nightis nothing but remarkable.
Successful Northern California vintner Cameron Gallagher suffers from alcoholism, depression, and persistent nightmares. Truck driver Nick Hendryx lost everything when a hit-and-run accident put his wife in a coma. They are two men with seemingly little in common, but their disparate paths are about to intertwine in startling and dangerous ways. As Nick's determined search for the man who wrecked his wife and his lives pulls him deeper into Cameron's orbit, the wealthy wine executive struggles to hold on to a rapidly disintegrating personal life. And when there's nothing but the night separating them, their entangled worlds and secrets will explode in ways neither man could ever have anticipated.
Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini, a virtuoso of contemporary American noir fiction, delivers a relentlessly suspenseful novel that propels the reader on a twisting and breakneck downhill race that surprises at every turn. Nothing but the Nightis nothing but remarkable.
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Person
Bill Pronzini has published seventy-nine novels, thirty-eight of which feature the Nameless Detective, Americas longest-running PI series, begun in 1971.He is also the author of four nonfiction books and three hundred fifty short stories, and the editor of numerous anthologies.Among his many awards is the Mystery Writers ofAmerica Grand Master, presented in 2008-a distinction he shares with his wife, crime novelist Marcia Muller, the 2005 Grand Master recipient.The couple lives in Northern California.
Content
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Praise for the Writing of Bill Pronzini
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Part I: Discovery
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- Part II: Stalk
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- Part III: Flood
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- About the Author
- Copyright Page
