I think that would have been fine for me, but the ending felt a bit rushed and I found myself feeling like I was missing a couple of chapters. Drayton starts making decisions that didn't quite jibe with the character I'd been following along until then, and everything goes to hell fairly quickly. It's in the final act that the book truly becomes noir in style and plot. That wasn't the case here-I kept following along simply because each turn in the case compelled me. I'm a big fan of noir detective novels, but they can feel artificial and overly self-involved sometimes. His protagonist, Michael Drayton, is a good companion to go investigating with.Īlthough billed as "Vancouver Noir", the first two acts felt much more light-hearted to me and the better for it. The prose is quick and fluid, the pace feels fast without relying on the usual tricks of the trade. Sam Wiebe's characters feel real, their flaws not superimposed but rather integral to who they are and why they do the things they do. I felt oddly exposed by my constant recognition of streets and music venues, and now I wonder how people who live in New York must feel when so many books are set in their city. Despite having lived in Vancouver for much of my life, this was really the first genre novel I read entirely set in the city. Sam Wiebe's characters feel real, their flaws not superimposed but rather integral to who they are and why they d A fun, fast read for fans of classic PI tales told with a contemporary sensibility. Worse, the only viable lead involves a drug-addicted car thief with gang connections.Īs 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.moreĪ fun, fast read for fans of classic PI tales told with a contemporary sensibility. However, he quickly discovers that the case has been damaged by a crooked private eye and dismissed by a disinterested justice system. Still haunted by the unsolved disappearance of a young girl, Mike is hired to find the vanished son of a local junk merchant. 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 l Winner of the Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel, 2012 Here are all of The Pretenders’ albums ranked.Winner of the Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel, 2012 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.
The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. Hynde has been the band’s only consistent member.
Following the drug-related deaths of Honeyman-Scott and Farndon in 1982–83, the band experienced numerous subsequent personnel changes. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). The Pretenders are an English-American rock band formed in March 1978.
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