Man Everybody Was Afraid Of

''After forty years Hammett has a worthy successor'' The Times

Dave Brandstetter stands alongside Philip Marlow Sam Spade and Lew Archer as one of the best fictional PIs in the business. Like them he was tough determined and ruthless when the case demanded it. Unlike them he was gay.

Joseph Hansen''s groundbreaking novels follow Brandstetter as he investigates cases in which motives are murky passi...