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A captivating new thriller in the Wakeland detective series that explores the depths of Vancouver’s criminal underworld.
Caught between the grimy and glittering sides of Vancouver’s streets, private investigator Dave Wakeland tries to keep his head down at the elite security firm he owns with partner Jeff Chen. But when masked men and women storm an ordinary-looking office building in Chinatown, leaving a trail of carnage, Wakeland finds himself caught up in a mystery that won’t let him go, as hard as he tries to elude it.
The police have a vested interest in finding the shooters, and so does the leader of the Exiles motorcycle gang. Both want Wakeland’s help. The deeper he investigates, the more connections he uncovers: to a reclusive millionaire with ties to organized crime, an international security company with a sinister reputation, and a high-ranking police officer who seems to have a personal connection to the case. When the shooters themselves start turning up dead, Wakeland realizes the only way to guarantee his own safety, and that of the people he loves, is by finding out who hired the shooters and why.
What Wakeland uncovers are secrets no one wants known—a botched undercover operation, an ambitious gangster and a double-crossing killer who used the shooting to cover up another crime. With a setup like this, anything can go wrong, and does. Skill and luck are needed for Wakeland and Chen to emerge with the killers, the money and their own lives.
"Wiebe is not only the crime writer whose work best captures Vancouver right now, but I'm gonna go right out and say the author of fiction whose work best captures the city at the moment, and the flux that Vancouver is in. The Wakeland novels are an incredible combination of social commentary and just the best of the crime genre."
–Charles Demers, author of Primary Obsessions
"The best crime writer in Canada."
–Nathan Ripley, author of Your Life is Mine
"Sam Wiebe writes larger than life, and in Hell and Gone he takes his PI Dave Wakeland into hell and back. A tense, taut page turner full of surprises in the dark, dangerous corners of Vancouver."
–Ian Hamilton, author of the internationally bestselling Ava Lee series
Harbour Publishing
ISBN: 9781550179644
Electronic book text
x - 320 pp
Publication Date: 23/10/2021
BISAC Subject(s): FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Noir
Description
A captivating new thriller in the Wakeland detective series that explores the depths of Vancouver’s criminal underworld.
Caught between the grimy and glittering sides of Vancouver’s streets, private investigator Dave Wakeland tries to keep his head down at the elite security firm he owns with partner Jeff Chen. But when masked men and women storm an ordinary-looking office building in Chinatown, leaving a trail of carnage, Wakeland finds himself caught up in a mystery that won’t let him go, as hard as he tries to elude it.
The police have a vested interest in finding the shooters, and so does the leader of the Exiles motorcycle gang. Both want Wakeland’s help. The deeper he investigates, the more connections he uncovers: to a reclusive millionaire with ties to organized crime, an international security company with a sinister reputation, and a high-ranking police officer who seems to have a personal connection to the case. When the shooters themselves start turning up dead, Wakeland realizes the only way to guarantee his own safety, and that of the people he loves, is by finding out who hired the shooters and why.
What Wakeland uncovers are secrets no one wants known—a botched undercover operation, an ambitious gangster and a double-crossing killer who used the shooting to cover up another crime. With a setup like this, anything can go wrong, and does. Skill and luck are needed for Wakeland and Chen to emerge with the killers, the money and their own lives.
"Wiebe is not only the crime writer whose work best captures Vancouver right now, but I'm gonna go right out and say the author of fiction whose work best captures the city at the moment, and the flux that Vancouver is in. The Wakeland novels are an incredible combination of social commentary and just the best of the crime genre."
–Charles Demers, author of Primary Obsessions
"The best crime writer in Canada."
–Nathan Ripley, author of Your Life is Mine
"Sam Wiebe writes larger than life, and in Hell and Gone he takes his PI Dave Wakeland into hell and back. A tense, taut page turner full of surprises in the dark, dangerous corners of Vancouver."
–Ian Hamilton, author of the internationally bestselling Ava Lee series
Details
Harbour Publishing
ISBN: 9781550179644
Electronic book text
x - 320 pp
Publication Date: 23/10/2021
BISAC Subject(s): FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Noir