Gravedigger; a Dave Brandstetter Mystery [*SIGNED*]

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Fine in Fine dj. (c.1982). First Edition. Hardcover. [a very nice tight clean copy, with no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "2 June 84 / To Grayson / good wishes / Joseph Hansen." Another in the Dave Brandstetter series, "set against vivid Southern California backgrounds of expensive seaside suburbs and snowy mountain camps, shacky desert towns and wilderness canyons," as the gay insurance investigator looks into the case of a disbarred lawyer who files a claim on the alleged death of his runaway daughter (possibly the victim of a Charles Manson-like sex-cult guru), but disappears before he can collect. Signed by Author .