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ISBN: 1842430637
Price: £5.99
Casing: Paperback
Format: A (178 x 111mm)
Extent: 184pp
Rights: UK & Commonwealth excl. Canada
Pub. Date: February 2003

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joseph Hansen wrote over twenty novels in total including the renowned series of twelve Dave Brandstetter P.I. novels. He passed away on 24th November 2004 following a long illness.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Dave Brandstetter returns home to find an unknown dead man on his doorstep, apparently the latest victim of a serial killer operating in and around Los Angeles who has been killing young gay men who have AIDS. But this victim is different, he was brought to Brandstetter's door and he wants to know why. His manhunt takes into grim byways of sickness, suffering and grief but also into the handsome enclaves of the squash court and country club set of fast money and risky debts. And events are about to take one last weird turn...

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

"...The Brandstetter stories develop strongly with a striking quality of measured calm..." - Sunday Times

"...After 40 years Hammett has a worthy successor..." - The Times

"...Spare and stylish..." - The Financial Times

"...The most exciting and effective writer of the classic private-eye novel working today..." - Los Angeles Times

"...Unusual in two respects. One is that the insurance investigator, though ruggedly masculine, is thoroughly and contentedly homosexual. the other is that Hansen is an excellent craftsmen, a compelling writer...." - New Yorker