Joseph Hansen
Birth date: July 19, 1923
Died: November 24, 2004
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What was great: the crime plot. The characters and the story line, the way this all unfolded. I was missing the personal development with Dave - he felt a bit detached. Still, a very good crime novel.
I just have the same little problem that m/m crime/mystery series that strive to be realistic: There are always a lot of gay people. While the lesbian best friend of the gay investigator and the boyfriend and everybody else in his personal life make sense and are beautifully done, Dave does meet sus...
And I am so happy it is a series! I like the main character, Dave Brandstetter. I love the writing, the crime/mystery plot, the characters and the pacing. It was an allaround great read.
The Dave Brandstetter mysteries read like super authentic period pieces. That's of course because they are in fact aged-contemporary stories, giving a beautifully preserved rendition of the era, the setting and the social attitudes towards homosexuals. It's like a literary museum. I love Hansen's po...
Maybe not my favourite book in the series. But quite Hansen-ish(or Brandstetter-ish?) in its style. A solid mystery with a great writing and a typical for Joseph Hansen abrupt ending. What was not totally typical, and what I really enjoyed - to see Dave being happy in his private life. Cecil became...
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