{"product_id":"last-of-the-independents-vancouver-noir-9781459709485","title":"Last of the Independents: Vancouver Noir","description":"\u003ci\u003e2015 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize -- Winner, Mystery - 2015 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence Best First Novel -- Nominated - Unhanged Arthur Award -- Winner, Best Unpublished First Crime Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat do a necrophile, a missing boy, and an unsavoury P.I. have in common? Private detective Michael Drayton is about to find out....\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-nine-year-old Michael Drayton runs a private investigation agency in Vancouver that specializes in missing persons -- only, as Mike has discovered, some missing people stay with you. Still haunted by the unsolved disappearance of a young girl, Mike is hired to find the vanished son of a local junk merchant. However, he quickly discovers that the case has been damaged by a crooked private eye and dismissed by a disinterested justice system. Worse, the only viable lead involves a drug-addicted car thief with gang connections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the stakes rise, Mike attempts to balance his search for the junk merchant's son with a more profitable case involving a necrophile and a funeral home, while simultaneously struggling to keep a disreputable psychic from bilking the mother of a missing girl. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Wiebe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459709485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Shamus Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam Wiebe's \u003ci\u003eLast of the Independents\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2012 Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Novel. His crime fiction has been published internationally. Recent projects include audio adaptations of \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, an independent film script, and a follow-up novel. He lives in Vancouver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45034051502195,"sku":"9781459709485","price":20.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_49dd1447-4cbf-4587-b77c-5db881566f73.jpg?v=1779791513","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/last-of-the-independents-vancouver-noir-9781459709485","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}