Bill Pronzini

Nemesis Bill Pronzini

She's beautiful, if you like voluptuous women in expensive clothes and with smiles as false as their hearts. And she's Jake Runyon's client, fearful because of blackmail threats that carry far too much malice. That Jake will help her is a given, but the help she wants goes far beyond finding her stalker. When Jake refuses to play, Verity sets him up as her patsy, accusing him of assault. His denials fall on deaf ears, and they hear even less when Verity is murdered and he's the only viable suspect.