Nemesis
by Bill Pronzini (Forge, 2013)
audiobook read by Nick Sullivan (Chivers, 2013)
Progressing through POVs (rather than alternating back and forth) works well, albeit the case tends towards squirmy/harrowing. The lengthy first section with Jake Runyon gives a hint of how the series might proceed were Nameless to retire (passable but a bit bland).
Betrayers
by Bill Pronzini (Forge, 2010)
audiobook read by Nick Sullivan (Bolinda, 2017)
The cases themselves are relatively slight, split without overlap between Tamara, Bill, and Jake Runyon. As ever, though, San Francisco emerges as its own gritty, gloomy, sordid kind of character, where life is a struggle and even the non-criminals mostly prove unpleasant.
Endgame
by Bill Pronzini (Tom Doherty, 2017)
Nameless has been in semi-retirement for some years now, sharing his workload and fading ever more into the San Francisco background while colleague Jake Runyon comes to the fore. Having shaped reader expectations, Pronzini here uses the parallel narratives to upend them.