A country of old men : the last Dave Brandstetter mystery / Joseph Hansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hansen, Joseph, 1923-2004, author.

Series:

Viking novel of mystery and suspense

Viking mystery suspense

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brandstetter, Dave (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Brandstetter, Dave (Fictitious character).

Private investigators--United States--Fiction.

Private investigators.

United States.

Gay men--Fiction.

Gay men.

Genre:

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Gay fiction.

Physical Description:

177 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Viking, 1991.

Summary:

For the sake of a frightened child, Dave Brandstetter takes on his very last case. In his decades as an insurance investigator, Dave Brandstetter has never shied away from violence, and he's had more than his share of close calls. Time is catching up with him, his body is slowing down, and his wit is not as sharp as it used to be. But he will forego retirement once more for the sake of a puzzle no detective could resist. Walking on the beach, a friend finds a bedraggled child who claims he has witnessed a murder. The victim is a drug-addicted pop star, and the obvious suspect is the dead man's ex-girlfriend -- a junkie whom the child saw standing over the body, gun in hand. In the final installment of Joseph Hansen's groundbreaking series, Dave looks for justice once more, hoping that he will also find a lasting measure of peace. A Country of Old Men is book twelve in the Dave Brandstetter Mystery series, which also includes Troublemaker and The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of.

Notes:

Lambda Literary Awards - Gay Mystery, Winner, 1992

Other Format:

Online version: Hansen, Joseph, 1923-2004. Country of old men.

ISBN:

0670838268

9780670838264

OCLC:

22661958