
Death Claims
A Dave Branstetter Mystery
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Narrado por:
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Keith Szarabajka
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Joseph Hansen
Death Claims is the second in Joseph Hansen's acclaimed mystery series featuring the ruggedly masculine Dave Brandstetter, a gay insurance investigator.
When John Oats' body is found washed up on a beach, his young lover April Stannard is sure it was no accident. Brandstetter agrees: Oats's college-age son, the beneficiary of the life insurance policy, has gone missing.
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Perfection!!! Awesome series!
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The only negative I would say is in the narration. Female voices did not come out very well. April is supposed to be 24 years old, but her gravelly voice sounds like that of an elderly smoker.
Nevertheless it is a very worthwhile lesson.
Excellent story, great riding and fantastic characters.
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The reader for this audio version was Keith Szarabajka. His raspy voice is great for mysteries. I also enjoy his interpretation of the characters. I listened to the first of the Dave Branstetter Mysteries also read by Szarabajka. I think he does a better job in this book than the first.
The plot is very straight forward. Branstetter goes person to person interviewing them to discover the truth. I like that Branstetter isn't a policeman. Being an insurance investigator adds to the tension. And surprisingly, in a modern world, this helps me get into the mystery without wondering about DNA, or trace evidence, or the like. No, it's Branstetter has an idea and just follows the trails until the truth is revealed. There is more on gay life, but not as much as the first book in the series. This one had some but not as much.
Recommended: yeah, I think so. It is short and can be read in a few hours, or listened to a lazy day at home.
Enjoyable Mystery!
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To the end
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I am thrilled to have found this series...
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These books need to be “read”
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The Smoking!
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Meh
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B O R I N G
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And yet. Let me preface this section by asserting that I am no Social Justice Warrior. In fact I usually rail against the clumsy progressive slant of modern m/m literature. Gay people have it pretty good today (I should know, being one myself) and there's always way too much drama centered around being gay in gay fiction, fetishizing victimhood in a generally eyeroll-inducing way that sets my teeth on edge. But even I am forced to admit that this book--the series in general, or at least the two books of it I've read--is legitimately HORRIBLE to its gay characters. Without any major spoilers, let me just assert that at least for the first two books, not a single gay character--including the protagonist--can catch a break, their stories ending in heartbreak AT BEST, and violent, ignominious death at worst. It's a relic from a time when gay characters were allowed to exist in books and on film, but only with the understanding that they would meet a sad fate by the end of the last page/reel.
I do try to keep an open mind about judging works of art by the standards of their own time, and not ours. And I don't necessarily need a happy ending in a book, but the fact is that what happens to the gay characters--ALL of them--in the first two books of the series is so bleak I actually came away from the endings in an irritable mood. Well, stop the ride, I want to get off. I'm not subjecting myself to any more Brandstetter mysteries, and I don't give two craps if that makes me some sort of mystery fan lightweight.
I'll close by saying that it doesn't have to be like this. E.M. Forster's "Maurice" is an example of early gay fiction that ends on a hopeful note. The dedication in Forster's (unpublished) novel reads "To a happier year." I firmly believe that happier year has arrived, but, apparently, it came well after the early 70's when this was written.
Not for everyone
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