While investigating a suicide, Dave Brandstetter discovers a dead reporter's final scoop. Journalist Adam Streeter covered some of the most dangerous stories of the last quarter century, ranging from... This description may be from another edition of this product.
The Little Dog Laughed, the eight Dave Brandstetter mysteries, takes the likeable insurance death claims investigator on a very different mission. While he fairly soon confirms that the death an internationally famous news reporter is murder to the satisfaction of the insurance company; he remains on the case in order to find the real culprits, believing the man the police have arrested for the crime to be innocent. Dave soon finds himself on dangerous ground as he becomes involved with politics and terrorism. Along with the intricate plot we have Dave's interesting private life to follow too. One very appealing aspect of this is that over the series of these mysteries Dave grows older as in real time parallel with the original publication of the novels, in addition to the advances in technology, we find that Dave is no longer young and agile, and while he maintains his good looks and trim appearance he is beginning to feel the years; but he still has his admirers including, so far, the lithe young black guy who shares his life and bed.
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