Night Freight (Bill Pronzini) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги (ч. 17)

My series character, the "Nameless Detective," has been around almost as long as I have; he was "born" more than thirty years ago in the pages of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and since then has appeared in some twenty-six novels and two collections. "Souls Burning" is the only "Nameless" story in these pages, included for two reasons: it's much more a psychological horror story than a detective story, and it's by far the darkest of any of his cases—as shadow-haunted, in fact, as any story in Night Freight. Maxim Jakubowski, who first bought it for New Crimes 3, stated in his acceptance note, "You must care deeply about what this story has to say." Perceptive fellow, Maxim.