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The gay insurance investigator, David Brandstetter returns in Death Claims, the second novel in the crime thriller series by Joseph Hansen. Summary of the Book John Oats’ body is found washed up on a beach. Despite what everyone thinks, his young lover, April Stannard is certain that the entire episode reeks of murder. However, she will need help to find the murderer, and she can rest assured that, with David Brandstetter on the case, she can rest easy. And what does this death have to do with the disappearance of Oats’ son, the beneficiary of the life insurance policy? About Joseph Hansen Joseph Hansen was an American mystery novelist known for his David Brandstetter series of novels. He won the Private Eye Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992.