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An interesting if not somewhat melancholy work from Hansen. Dave retires but only for a few hours. Not an insurance case. A distraught sister & public defender gets Dave to help her prove her brother did not commit murder. No one likes her brother, a Vietnam vet. Everyone respects the murder victim, Mr. Le, an honorable Vietnam businessman respected by the community. As with most Brandstetter stories, all is not what it seems on the surface. A very realistic and sympathetic peek into that era of
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Great, gripping story. As usual Hansen is economic with words, but achieves a better result that with many descriptions/explanations.
Dave notices that he is getting older, and that's not typical for the MC of a detective story. I'm glad Barker at the end of the book makes Dave think about the risks he has been taking lately, there is a moment when Dave stops and realises that probably it was really like he was trying to throw away his life.
But he is always very aware of danger as far as Cecil i ...more
Dave notices that he is getting older, and that's not typical for the MC of a detective story. I'm glad Barker at the end of the book makes Dave think about the risks he has been taking lately, there is a moment when Dave stops and realises that probably it was really like he was trying to throw away his life.
But he is always very aware of danger as far as Cecil i ...more
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