Death claims

Joseph Hansen, 1923-2004

Book - 2021

Since a burning accident that left him painfully disfigured, John Oats, a well-liked collectible book dealer, has been self-isolating at his beach house in Arena Blanca, California. An avid swimmer, John Oats had taken to night swimming to hide his injuries from daytime beachgoers. When his body is found one morning smashed against the rocks at the treacherous point near the house, the authorities rule it "Death by Misadventure." Insurance companies don't much care for verdicts like that and therefore Medallion Insurance, the policy holder for Oats's substantial life insurance policy, sends out its best investigator, Dave Brandstetter, to poke holes in the story. The night Oats died there was a dangerous storm along the... coast, and Brandstetter finds it hard to believe that the bookseller, a lifelong swimmer, would have gone out. As his investigation reveals more of John Oats's sad story Brandstetter learns that the motives for murder are many. But Brandstetter has his own problems to deal with. Still mourning the death of his partner, Rod, Dave is navigating his own twilight world of grief. His new lover, Doug, is also grieving, and the two men must come to a reckoning of whether their love is an ersatz stand-in for their lost partners or something more.

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Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Gay fiction
LGBTQ+ fiction
Published
New York : Soho Syndicate books 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Joseph Hansen, 1923-2004 (author)
Item Description
A Dave Brandstetter mystery.
"50 years of Dave Brandstetter mysteries"--Cover, page 1.
Includes an excerpt from Troublemaker.
Physical Description
184, 8 pages ; 19 cm
ISBN
9781681990491
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