Nightshades (1984)

arson and murder near Lake Shasta. Nameless & Kerry solve a double murder

Synopsis/blurb......

When Great Western Insurance hires the Nameless Detective to investigate an accidental death in a small northern California town, it looks like a routine case—one he expects to solve swiftly so he and his lady friend, Kerry Wade, can take a much needed vacation. But no such luck. Nameless lands in the middle of a violent conflict between a group of greedy land developers and the handful of citizens who inhabit an isolated Gold Rush ghost town. The triumverate of successful realtors plan to "renovate" Musket Creek (nee Ragged-Ass Gulch), and bring back its glory days as a Gold Rush boomtown—this time in the guise of a "theme-style" amusement park.

The town denizens have different ideas. Stark, desolate, crumbling—this is double-dealing, arson, and murder. It's a classic showdown—with death thrown in as the twist.

The twelfth installment in the thrilling Nameless Detective series.
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My take....

Another enjoyable read from much earlier in the year - March and another one which in the space of 6 months has more or less disappeared from my memory. Not to worry I'll just have to read the next one in the series soon.

So plot - okay I guess, but nothing memorable. Main characters - fine, upstanding, decent and likable. Pace - who knows. Action - some, with no doubt some cerebral sleuthing. Resolution - case solved and Nameless lives to fight another day.

A bland review for an okay, unremarkable but enjoyable mystery. I've read hundreds of books like this in my lifetime and will no doubt read hundreds more in future (hopefully).

4 from 5

Purchased copy of book from who knows where, who knows when.

Read in March, 2016.
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