Nightwork - Dave Brandstetter, Bk 7 Author:Joseph Hansen Case #7 for California insurance-sleuth Dave Brandstetter--who's looking into the road-accident death of independent trucker Paul Myers. . . which was really the result of a bombing. — At first, as Dave makes inquiries in Myers' rough, black/Hispanic neighborhood (his Jaguar is promptly vandalized), he zeroes in on two likely suspects: Bruce Kilg... more »ore, lover of Myers' wife Angela, owner of a struggling local private-school (Myers' life was insured for $100,000); and Silencio Ruiz, a street-gang leader, imprisoned for two years on Paul Myers' testimony.
Soon, however, disturbed by some unanswered questions (e.g., who beat up the silent, frightened Angela Myers?), Dave concentrates instead on the nature of trucker Myers' nightwork--especially when it appears that another solo trucker, black Ossie Bishop, died recently of natural, but strange causes. And eventually, while sheltering Bishop's harassed family, Dave and his assistant/lover Cecil uncover a shady network for the trucking of toxic wastes . . . along with a tacked-on revenge motive.« less