num_pages: 207
description: Shamus Award-winner Bill Pronzini presents a stunning psychological study of one man's obsession and search for truth. Jim Messenger is a CPA who hates his job, loves jazz and can't forget the woman he saw eating at the Harmony Cafe. When the woman commits suicide, Messenger has to learn why, and begins a search that is both a hunt for answers and a rite of passage.
language: English
title: Blue Lonesome
titlecomplete: Blue Lonesome (Walker Mystery)
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 394
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Walker & Company