{"product_id":"last-of-the-independents-vancouver-noir-9781459709485","title":"Last of the Independents: Vancouver Noir","description":"\u003ci\u003e2015 Kobo Emerging Writer's -- Winner, Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e2015 Arthur Ellis Award -- Nominated, Best First Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e2012 Unhanged Arthur Award -- Winner, Best Unpublished First Crime Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat do a necrophile, a missing boy, and an unsavoury P.I. have in common?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\u003e Twenty-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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459709485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 331\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\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Shamus Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sam Wiebe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651759403164,"sku":"9781459709485","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_640fe246-0601-4a0b-904d-168878d1b16d.jpg?v=1603878299","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/last-of-the-independents-vancouver-noir-9781459709485","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}