{"product_id":"9781842431689","title":"Complete Brandstetter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll 12 Classic Dave Brandstetter mysteries in one volume\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Hansen's highly successful mystery series which kicked off in 1970 with the publication of Fadeout, featured one of the genre's first openly homosexual investigators, Dave Brandstetter. Like other fictional sleuths, such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe or Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Hansen's middle-aged protagonist is tough, smart and self-assured. 'My joke,' Hansen said, 'was to take the true hard-boiled character in the American fiction tradition and make him homosexual. He was going to be a nice man, a good man, and he was going to do his job well.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHansen's series, which continued until 1991 with A Country Of Old Men, was set in an evocative 70's and 80's Southern California, particularly Los Angeles, for which he received high praise. The LA Times said Hansen had presented Brandstetter's 'loves, jealousies and betrayals with both candour and discretion... and never-exploitive honesty'. Throughout the course of the series Brandstetter ages physically and grows emotionally as he come to terms with the turmoil of his personal relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow all 12 Dave Brandstetter novels are brought together in one volume: The Complete Brandstetter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDave Brandstetter novels in order:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFadeout\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath Claims\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTroublemaker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Man Everyone Was Afraid Of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkinflick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGravedigger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNightwork\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Little Dog Laughed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly Graves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObedience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Boy Who Was Buried This Morning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Country of Old Men\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joseph Hansen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976480276629,"sku":"9781842431689","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781842431689","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}