Sunset and Jericho by Sam Wiebe

The fourth thrilling instalment of the Wakeland detective series, exploring the depths of Vancouver's criminal underworld.

The mayor's brother is missing. A transit cop lies beaten and blinded, her service weapon stolen. A new series of graffiti tags are appearing, linked to an underground group calling themselves the Death of Kings. Class warfare has broken out on the streets of Vancouver, and PI Dave Wakeland finds himself on the front linesbut unsure which side he's on.

Reeling from a bad breakup, and increasingly alienated from the city he calls home, Wakeland nevertheless agrees to look for the missing gun. The investigation takes him from flophouses, to city hall, to a clinic in the West Vancouver hills to a mega-mansion in the exclusive British Properties neighbourhoodalong the way, crossing every ethical line the PI has drawn for himself. Even then, Wakeland may not be able to pull it off(From Harbour Publishing).

Vancouver-based Sam Wiebe is the award-winning author of the Wakeland detective series, includingInvisible Dead,Cut You DownandHell and Gone.

Wiebe's debut,Last of the Independents, won the Arthur Ellis Award for best unpublished first novel and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. His work has also been shortlisted for the Edgar Awards, Hammett Prize, Shamus Awards and City of Vancouver Book Awards.