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A review by kaje_harper
Omicidio a tempo di rock by Joseph Hansen
5.0
The last book in the series, so named from the start. Dave isn't that old yet, but he's finding himself tiring more easily, and his mood is frequently melancholy. Despite Cecil still in his life, he seems to feel that he has outlived his span. A couple of cases come his way via old friends - one the case of a small boy kidnapped after witnessing a murder, the other a more benign issue of what an old writer friend is likely to reveal of their shared youth, and that of friends with more at stake, in an unpublished memoir.
Dave investigates with his usual acuity and compassion. Cecil's frustration at his unwillingness to take care of himself better is palpable. I wished he would too. There are few men with more integrity, compassion and fairness than Dave, for all his cool exterior. But as the cases wound their convoluted way forward, I could only savor this last look at a man I'd come to really care about, in Dave Brandstetter's last case.
Dave investigates with his usual acuity and compassion. Cecil's frustration at his unwillingness to take care of himself better is palpable. I wished he would too. There are few men with more integrity, compassion and fairness than Dave, for all his cool exterior. But as the cases wound their convoluted way forward, I could only savor this last look at a man I'd come to really care about, in Dave Brandstetter's last case.