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ISBN: 1874061068
Price: £4.99
Casing: Paperback
Format: A (178 x 111mm)
Extent: 224pp
Rights: UK & Commonwealth excl. Canada
Pub. Date: October 1996

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

After 21 years veteran P.I., Dave Brandstetter is finally going to get some rest - that is after one last case. He investigates a wild tale of kidnapping and murder retold by a bruised and grubby little boy found wandering on the beach alone. The police don't believe the kid - just as they don't believe there is anything to the drug-related shooting of a rock guitarist. Dave is lured out of retirement to confront the street drug barons, powerful politicians, sleazy record executives, child abuse... and to unravel as snarled a tangle of carnage and deception as he has ever faced.

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