{"product_id":"last-of-the-independents-vancouver-noir-paperback-1","title":"Last of the Independents: Vancouver Noir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Wiebe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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2015 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence Best First Novel -- Nominated - Unhanged Arthur Award -- Winner, Best Unpublished First Crime Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat do a necrophile, a missing boy, and an unsavoury P.I. have in common?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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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Wiebe's \u003ci\u003eLast of the Independents\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2012 Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Novel.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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shamus Award (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467033493725,"sku":"9781459709485","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/DcXGoNz5u69781459709485.webp?v=1781812542","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/last-of-the-independents-vancouver-noir-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}