Did he wash up in the sink somewhere unseen, or is there something more sinister going on? Of course, sinister! Everyone has secrets, and everyone seems to know the missing wannabe writer and mayoral candidate Fox Olsen. Brandstetter’s company doesn’t want to have to pay the 150k life insurance policy on the man in the car because, well, his body is missing. The story opens with a car accident and a missing body. He is a gruff and dutiful mid-40’s who also happens to be unabashedly homosexual. Our protagonist is an insurance detective working for his father’s insurance company. I loved this book, and I can’t wait to read the rest. He was part of the first Gay Pride Parade in Hollywood and was notable in the community.įadeout is the first in a series of 12 books in the Dave Brandstetter mysteries, which now, of course, I’m going to have to buy all of immediately. I had never heard of him, which honestly is strange as a gay dude living in tinsel town. Joseph Hansen was a famous poet and novelist from the ’50s until his death in 2004. This 1970 noir-style detective story titillates with an engrossing story and a queer protagonist.
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