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This is a welcome reissue of Joseph Hansen’s pioneering mystery series starring Dave Brandstetter, a gay private eye in 70s and 80s California. Dave Brandstetter stands alongside Philip Marlow, Sam Spade and Lew Archer as one of the best fictional PIs in the business. Like them, he is tough, determined, and ruthless when the case demanded it, but unlike them, he is gay.
Rick Wendell never made an enemy in his life, but he died all the same; and Larry Johns was found standing over him with the gun in his hand still smoking. Only Dave can’t see it as an open-and-shut case. What was Johns’ motive? What happened to the cash Wendell withdrew that day? As his investigation progresses, Dave comes to realise the danger of assumptions, particularly where love and money are involved.
Author: Joseph Hansen
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published May 2015