Death Claims: Dave Brandstetter Investigation 2 by Joseph Hansen (English) Paper

Description: Death Claims by Joseph Hansen Newly available in print, Joseph Hansens classic mystery series starring Dave Brandstetter, a gay private eye in 70s and 80s California. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description John Oats is dead: drowned in the treacherous waves of the Pacific. He was in great pain, and reliant on morphine; it could easily have been accident or suicide. But with thousands of dollars in insurance at stake, on a policy which the dead man had meant to change the day he died, Dave Brandstetter thinks it was murder. And between the mysteriously absent son, the bitter ex-wife and the current lover, there are plenty of people with reason to lie to Dave about what really happened that night. And why...Death Claims is the second Dave Brandstetter novel - one of the best fictional PIs in the business, and one of the first ever gay ones. Joseph Hansens groundbreaking novels follow Brandstetter as he investigates cases in which motives are murky, passions run high, and nothing is ever as simple as it looks. Set in 1970s and 80s California, the series is a fascinating portrait of a time and a place, with mysteries to match Chandler and Macdonald. Notes Long out of print, this is a new edition of the 2nd book in Hansens classic mystery series featuring Dave Brandstetter, a gay private eye in 70s and 80s California. Author Biography Joseph Hansen wrote nearly forty novels in the course of a long career, but is best known for the groundbreaking series of twelve Dave Brandstetter crime novels. Brandstetter was a pioneering character: a tough private eye and happily uncloseted gay man. Hansen was an active campaigner for equal rights (though he disliked the word gay and always described himself as homosexual). He founded the pioneering gay journal Tangents in 1965, hosted a radio show called Homosexuality Today, and was involved in setting up the first Gay Pride parade in Hollywood in 1970, the same year that the first Brandstetter novel was published. In 1992, he won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. He died in 2004. Review The most exciting and effective writer of the classic private-eye novel working today - LA TimesHansen, one of the best practitioners of the California private-eye school...writes crisply with a lean, spare prose that echoes Hammett, Chandler and Macdonald - Washington PostIn Brandstetter, Hansen has developed a sympathetic character of depth and integrity - Chicago Sun-TimesNo mystery writer is better at evoking the landscape, the light, the architecture and the ethnic diversity of Los Angeles - TimeHansen is a strong unflinching writer and everything in his taut prose is real - Boston GlobeAn exceptionally urbane literary style - New York Times Book ReviewHansen writes about Southern California with the descriptive love once given it by Raymond Chandler - Herald ExaminerAn excellent craftsman, a compelling writer, he has a real gift for storytelling - for character, for scene, for pace independent of violence - New Yorker Promotional Newly available in print, Joseph Hansens classic mystery series starring Dave Brandstetter, a gay private eye in 70s and 80s California. Long Description John Oats is dead: drowned in the treacherous waves of the Pacific. He was in great pain, and reliant on morphine; it could easily have been accident or suicide. But with thousands of dollars in insurance at stake, on a policy which the dead man had meant to change the day he died, Dave Brandstetter thinks it was murder. And between the mysteriously absent son, the bitter ex-wife and the current lover, there are plenty of people with reason to lie to Dave about what really happened that night. And why... Death Claims is the second Dave Brandstetter novel - one of the best fictional PIs in the business, and one of the first ever gay ones. Joseph Hansens groundbreaking novels follow Brandstetter as he investigates cases in which motives are murky, passions run high, and nothing is ever as simple as it looks. Set in 1970s and 80s California, the series is a fascinating portrait of a time and a place, with mysteries to match Chandler and Macdonald. Review Quote The most exciting and effective writer of the classic private-eye novel working today Promotional "Headline" Newly available in print, Joseph Hansens classic mystery series starring Dave Brandstetter, a gay private eye in 70s and 80s California. Description for Sales People Armistead Maupin meets Raymond Chandler - a hardboiled detective series with a gay protagonist, fast-paced mysteries that are also brilliant portraits of an era. Details ISBN1444784498 Author Joseph Hansen Year 2015 ISBN-10 1444784498 ISBN-13 9781444784497 Format Paperback Series Dave Brandstetter Media Book Publication Date 2015-02-12 Pages 224 Imprint Mulholland Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Subtitle Dave Brandstetter Investigation 2 Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Language English UK Release Date 2015-02-12 Audience General NZ Release Date 2015-04-13 AU Release Date 2015-04-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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