Read Series: Dave Brandstetter
by Author Joseph Hansen
Early Graves (2002)
This is the 9th book in the Dave Brandstetter mysteries and one of the best in the series. In this mystery we find Dave being picked up by his ex from the airport after an out of town investigation. The ex in this case is Ceril, who in a unselfish but foolish gesture, married the young blind woma...
The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of (1988)
In the small town of La Caleta, Dave Brandstetter investigates the murder of a very unpopular copWhen Ben Orton’s head is found bludgeoned by a heavy flower pot, the people of La Caleta are stunned—not because their police chief has been murdered, but because no one thought to do it sooner. A bru...
Obedience (1989)
Dave Brandstetter, the insurance claims investigator who is the protagonist in Joseph Hansen's excellent series, is feeling his age. He's been threatening to retire for a while now and at the opening of this book, he officially pulls the plug. Dave sends letters to all of the insurance companies ...
Death Claims (2004)
Rating: 4* of fiveThe Publisher Says: "My name is David Brandstetter. I'm a claims investigator for the Medallion Life Insurance Company." He handed her a card. She didn't glance at it. "I'm looking for Peter Oats," he said."He's not here. I wish he were. Maybe you can help me. The police don't s...
Skinflick (1980)
This is the fifth of Joseph Hansen's series featuring insurance investigator Dave Brandstetter, and it's among the best in the bunch. As the book opens, Dave is going through some significant changes in his life but, as with any good P.I., the job always comes first.Dave's company has insured the...
Fadeout (2004)
"Fog shrouded the canyon, a box canyon above a California town called Pima. It rained. Not hard rain but steady and grey and dismal. Shaggy pines loomed through the mist like threats. Sycamores made white twisted gestures above the arroyo. Down the arroyo water poured, ugly, angry and deep. The r...
Gravedigger (2000)
Charles Westover, a disbarred lawyer, alleges that his runaway teenage daughter has been murdered and he files an insurance claim. And then he disappears, leaving claims investigator, Dave Brandstetter to sort through the pieces of the puzzle. Young women have been murdered by the crazed guru of ...
A Country of Old Men (1991)
This is the twelfth and final entry in Joseph Hansen's excellent series featuring insurance investigator, Dave Brandstetter. Published over a period of twenty-one years, from Fadeout in 1970, to this book in 1991, the series was witty and very well-written, with cleverly-plotted stories and well-...