Death Claims and Nightwork are part of the David Brandstetter series that also includes Fadeout (1970), Troublemaker (1975), The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of (1978), Skinflick (1979), Gravedigger (1982); Nightwork (1984); The Little Dog Laughed (1986); Early Graves (1987); Obedience (1988); The Boy Who Was Buried This Morning (1990), and A Country of Old Men (1991).