"WITTY, SMART, DETAILED, AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINING." --STEVE BERRY
"SHARP AND TERRIFIC." --THE VANCOUVER SUN
"A MUST-READ FOR FANS OF NOIR." --5-STAR READER REVIEW
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"Noir detective Dave Wakeland is exasperating and appealing in equal measures. And of course, burdened by a keen moral compass and a dangerous curiosity about things. The writing is crisp and pleasing. The plot is engrossing, with a nice array of suspects and red herrings. Vancouver is well-described, giving the book a sense of place and making the city almost a character in the book."
--Mac's Backs
"Traditional private investigators such as Sam Spade win our respect. Dave Wakeland gets our affection . . . A story as appealing as it is mysterious."--Toronto Star
"Polished and nuanced . . . The detective novel is alive and well, and it might've just found its new generation flagship author."
--Dead End Follies
"Witty, smart, detailed, and highly entertaining, Wiebe has a gift for place and character."
--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author
"A gripping, wrenching, brilliant piece of fiction, quite possibly the definitive Vancouver crime novel."
--Owen Laukkanen, author of The Professionals
"Wiebe illustrates the law of the jungle here, and he does it with great narrative skill and some very cool dialogue."--Booklist
"Moody, atmospheric, gray, and pensive . . . this is what being a P.I. is like. No glamour, girls, and glitz. Just hardnosed reality in all its gloom and glory."
--Great Mysteries and Thrillers
"Wiebe's writing is very fine . . . keeping us hooked long enough to reach a madly exciting payoff in an ending that can't be put down."
--Jules Brenner's Critical Mystery Tour
"The enigmatic, intriguing tough guy at its center and gritty local color . . . deliver a message about Vancouver's vulnerable female sex workers."
--Publishers Weekly
"Haven't yet heard of Sam Wiebe? You will soon . . . Lots of personal demons and good backstories give this novel heft. Wiebe is definitely a writer on the rise."--The Globe and Mail
Sam Wiebe's stand-alone debut novel, Last of the Independents, won an Arthur Ellis Award and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, and was nominated for a Shamus Award. His stories have appeared in Thuglit, subTerrain, and Criminal Element's The Malfeasance Occasional e-collection, among others. He lives in Vancouver.
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