Nightwork, Joseph Hansen
Nightwork, Joseph Hansen
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Nightwork
A Dave Brandstetter Mystery

Author: Joseph Hansen

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Unabridged: 5 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2019

Synopsis

In a neighborhood plagued with violence, Dave Brandstetter uncovers a corporate crime.Gifford Gardens has gone to hell: persistent flooding has reduced the neighborhood to a slum, a battleground for rival gangs. Anyone who can afford to leave has already pulled up stakes, and Paul and Angela Myers are among those who are left. To make ends meet, Paul takes on long-haul truck driving, which is as dangerous as it is lucrative, and it’s not long before the job gets him killed.One night, Paul’s truck flies off a cliff and explodes in midair. Did he fall asleep at the wheel, or was he murdered? Keen-eyed insurance investigator Dave Brandstetter suspects a conspiracy. While digging into Paul’s past, Dave will uncover a connection between his untimely death and the happier years of Gifford Gardens.

About Joseph Hansen

Joseph Hansen (1923–2004) was the author of more than twenty-five novels and was a renowned short-story writer. The winner of the 1992 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, he was also the author of A Smile in His Lifetime, Living Upstairs, Job’s Year, and Bohannon’s Country.

About Keith Szarabajka

Keith Szarabajka has appeared in many films, including The Dark Knight, Missing, and A Perfect World, and on such television shows as The Equalizer, Angel, Cold Case, Golden Years, and Profit. Szarabajka has also appeared in several episodes of Selected Shorts for National Public Radio. He won the 2001 Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction for his reading of Tom Robbins’s Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates and has won several Earphones Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on February 04, 2020

The death of a trucker on the road seems to be an accident, but Dave Brandstetter, insurance claims investigator, isn't sure. The investigation leads him to a blighted neighborhood, Black and Latino street gangs, toxic waste . . . and murder. Not Hansen's finest, but still enjoyable.......more

Goodreads review by James on May 30, 2013

Pinnacle insurance has issued a policy on the life of Paul Myers, a truck driver. Only a couple of months later, Myers' truck flies off a cliff and Myers is killed. As a matter of routine, Pinnacle hires crack investigator Dave Brandstetter to look into the matter. The matter turns out to be anything......more

Goodreads review by LenaRibka on March 30, 2015

Maybe not my favourite book in the series. But quite Hansen-ish(or Brandstetter-ish?) in its style. A solid mystery with a great writing and a typical for Joseph Hansen abrupt ending. What was not totally typical, and what I really enjoyed - to see Dave being happy in his private life. Cecil became......more

Goodreads review by Kaje on January 10, 2017

In this installment, Dave is finding a little happiness in his private life. It's fun to see him interacting in a way that is warmer and less aloof than we have to date. I liked Cecil a lot, and he has enough complexity to be interesting. Although this was not my favorite of the mystery plots it did......more

Quotes

“Hansen is the most exciting and effective writer of the classic private-eye novel working today.” Los Angeles Times, praise for the author

“Characters with real stuffing in them.” Ellery Queen, praise for the series

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