Jim, I completely agree with your praise for Joseph Hansen's
Dave Brandstetter novels. They were excellent PI novels,
period. Brandstetter came across to me as a very human
character as Hansen did such a good job with his personal
life and the various boyfriends who came went in the series.
I also enjoyed his series featuring ex- sheriff Hack
Bohannon.
Checking just now I see he was 81 in July. He wasn't, IIRC, a
regular at mystery conventions although I met him once at one
of the California Bouchercons a decade or so ago. I am sorry
to hear of his death.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
<jimdohertyjr@y...> wrote:
> I just heard that Joseph Hansen passed
away.
>
> Very few people since Hammett and Chandler and
have
> brought something truly new to the hard-boiled
PI
> story, but Hansen is certainly one of those
few.
>
> His novels and stories about gay insurance
detective
> Dave Brandstetter were praised for being
> ground-breaking, but, aside from that, they were
just
> damned good PI stories. Well-written,
> well-characterized, well-plotted.
>
> He'll be missed.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
>
>
>
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