|  | Bill Pronzini [1943-]
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    |  | A private investigator, the Nameless Detective,
      in San Francisco, California: |  | 
  
    |  | The
          Snatch (1971) The
            Vanished (1973) Undercurrent (1973) Blowback (1977) Twospot (1978)  Labyrinth (1980) Hoodwink (1981)
 Scattershot (1982) Dragonfire (1982) Bindlestiff (1983) Casefile (1983)
        [SS] Quicksilver (1984) Nightshades (1984)  Double (1984)  Bones (1985)
 Deadfall (1986)
 Shackles (1988)
 Jackpot (1990) Breakdown (1991) Quarry (1991) Epitaphs (1992) Demons (1993) Kinsmen1 (1993) | Hardcase (1995) Spadework (1996) [SS]  Sentinels (1996)
 Illusions (1997) Boobytrap (1998)
 Crazybone (2000) Bleeders (2001) Spook (2003) Scenarios (2003)  [SS] Nightcrawlers (2005) Mourners (2006) Savages (2007) Fever (2008) Schemers (2009)
 Betrayers (2010) Camouflage (2011) Hellbox (2012) Femme (2012) Nemesis (2013)
 Strangers (2014) Vixen (2015) Zigzag: A Nameless Detective Collection (2016) [2 novellas & 2 SS] Endgame (2017) |  | 
  
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    |  | John Quincannon, a former Secret Service
      agent, private investigator,  based in late 1890s San Francisco, California: |  | 
  
    |  | Quincannon (1985) Beyond
          the Grave (1986) | Carpenter
            and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services (1998) [SS] Quincannon’s
        Game (2005) [SS] |  | 
  
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    |  | Written by Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller:Sabina Carpenter, a former  Pinkerton operative, and her detective partner, ex-Secret Service agent John Quincannon, in late 1890s San Francisco, California:
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    |  | The
      Bughouse Affair (2013) The Spook Lights Affair (2013) The Body Snatchers Affair (2015) The Plague of Thieves Affair (2016) The Dangerous Ladies Affair (2017) | The Bags of Tricks Affair1 (2018)
 The Flimflam Affair1 (2019) The Stolen Gold Affair1 (2020) The Paradise Affair1 (2021) |  | 
  
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    |  | Non-series: |  | 
  
    |  | The
          Stalker (1971)
 Panic! (1972) The
          Jade Figurine (1972)
 A
          Run in Diamonds (1973)
 Snowbound (1974) Dead Run (1975)
 Freebooty (1975)
 Games (1976) The Running of Beasts (1976) Acts of Mercy (1977) Wildfire (1978) APA: Firewind (revised 1989)
 Night
          Screams (1979) Masques (1981) Day of the Moon (1983) Cat's Paw (1983) [SS]  The Eye (1984) Graveyard Plots (1985) [SS]  The
          Lighthouse (1987)
 Small Felonies (1988) [SS] Stacked Deck (1991) [SS] Carmody’s Run (1992) [SS] With
          an Extreme Burning (1994) | Blue
      Lonesome (1995)
 A
          Wasteland of Strangers (1997)
 
 Duo (1998) [SS]
 Sleuths (1999) [SS]  Nothing
          But the Night (1999) Night
          Freight (2000) [SS]  Oddments        (2000)
        [SS] The
          Tormentor (2000) More
          Oddments (2001) Problem Solved (2002) In
          an Evil Time (2001) Step
          to the Graveyard Easy (2002) Charlie
          Chan in the Pawns of Death (2003)  The
        Alias Man (2004) The
          Crimes of Jordan Wise (2006)
 Crucifixion
          River: Western Stories (2007) [SS]
 The
          Other Side of Silence (2008) The
          Hidden (2010) The Violated (2017) Give-a-Damn Jones (2018) The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave (2019) |  | 
  
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    |  | Reference: |  | 
  
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          Midnights: The Aficionado’s Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction (1986)
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