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Fadeout

The Dave Brandstetter Mysteries, Book 1

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Written by: Joseph Hansen
Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
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Fadeout is the first of Joseph Hansen’s twelve classic mysteries featuring rugged Dave Brandstetter, an insurance investigator who is contentedly gay.

When entertainer Fox Olson’s car plunges off a bridge in a storm, a death claim is filed, but where is Olson’s body? As Brandstetter questions family, fans, and detractors, he grows certain Olson is still alive and must find him before the would-be killer does.

Suspenseful and wry, shrewd and deeply felt, Fadeout remains as fresh today as when it startled readers more than thirty years ago.

©1970, 2019 Joseph Hansen (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Literature & Fiction Fiction
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I read this as part of my attempt to read through a list of 50 essential mysteries. I would not have even heard of it otherwise, but I'm glad I did. I liked it. Great writing, a likable protagonist and a solid mystery. A few scenes got me a little misty eyed, even, thinking about loss. It was very 70s, but in good way. It held up exceptionally well.

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