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Publication Order of Wakeland Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Last of the Independents(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Ocean Drive(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Never Going Back(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Akashic Noir Books

San Francisco Noir(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Seattle Noir(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Bronx Noir(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Brooklyn Noir(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Can't Catch Me(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Brooklyn Noir 2(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
Chicago Noir(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
Manhattan Noir(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Miami Noir: The Classics(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
D.C. Noir(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Baltimore Noir(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Twin Cities Noir(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
London Noir(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
New Orleans Noir(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Los Angeles Noir(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Wall Street Noir(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Havana Noir(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Detroit Noir(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Toronto Noir(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Las Vegas Noir(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Manhattan Noir 2(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Paris Noir(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Istanbul Noir(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Boston Noir(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Rome Noir(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
San Francisco Noir 2(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Portland Noir(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Delhi Noir(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Phoenix Noir(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Los Angeles Noir 2(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mexico City Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Richmond Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Orange County Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Indian Country Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Moscow Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lone Star Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Philadelphia Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Haiti Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Copenhagen Noir(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pittsburgh Noir(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
San Diego Noir(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Barcelona Noir(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cape Cod Noir(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Staten Island Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mumbai Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Long Island Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Venice Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Kingston Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
St. Petersburg Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Kansas City Noir(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Boston Noir 2(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Manila Noir(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Buffalo Noir(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dallas Noir(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Haiti Noir 2(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Singapore Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Prison Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tel Aviv Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tehran Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Belfast Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Helsinki Noir(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Providence Noir(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Chicago Noir: The Classics(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Memphis Noir(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Zagreb Noir(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Marseille Noir(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Beirut Noir(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Stockholm Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Brussels Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mississippi Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
St. Louis Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Prague Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
San Juan Noir(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Oakland Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Trinidad Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Atlanta Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
New Haven Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Montana Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Buenos Aires Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Montreal Noir(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Berlin Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
São Paulo Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Santa Cruz Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lagos Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Marrakech Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Baghdad Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Vancouver Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sydney Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Hong Kong Noir(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Amsterdam Noir(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Houston Noir(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Columbus Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Santa Fe Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alabama Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Addis Ababa Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tampa Bay Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Belgrade Noir(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of MX New Sherlock Holmes Stories Books

Part I: 1881 to 1889 (By: Craig Janacek,Denis O. Smith,David Marcum,Daniel McGachey,Derrick Belanger,Martin Rosenstock,Will Thomas,John Hall,Mark Mower,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Adrian Middleton,John Heywood,Deanna Baran,Amy Thomas,Stephen Wade)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part II: 1890 to 1895 (With: Bill Crider,Lyndsay Faye,Christopher Redmond,Bert Coules,J.R. Campbell,William Patrick Maynard,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Matthew Booth,Jack Grochot,Ann Margaret Lewis,Mike Hogan,Jeremy Branton Holstein,Dick Gillman,Mike Hogan)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part III: 1896 to 1929 (By: Lyn McConchie,James Lovegrove,Matthew J. Elliott,Bob Byrne,Stuart Douglas,David Marcum,Larry Millett,Paul D. Gilbert,Geri Schear,Mark Alberstat,Tim Symonds)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part IV: 2016 Annual (By: David Stuart Davies,Nicholas Utechin,Andy Lane,Richard Doyle,J.R. Campbell,Craig Janacek,Roger Johnson,Bob Byrne,Denis O. Smith,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Daniel McGachey,Derrick Belanger,Matthew Booth,Bonnie MacBird,Mark Mower,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Steve Emecz,Deanna Baran,Arthur Hall,Vincent W. Wright,Jeremy Holstein,Andrea Mantin Levy,Steven Rothman,Melissa Farnham)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part V (By: James Lovegrove,Nicholas Utechin,Jan Edwards,Matthew J. Elliott,Bert Coules,William Patrick Maynard,Bob Byrne,Denis O. Smith,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Narrelle M. Harris,Mike Chinn,John Hall,Paul D. Gilbert,Mark Mower,Jan Edwards,Hugh Ashton,N. John Hall,Julie McKuras,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Amy Thomas,Julie McKuras,Arthur Hall)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part VI (By: David Timson,Nicholas Utechin,Carla Coupe,Jan Edwards,Craig Janacek,Roger Johnson,Bob Byrne,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Mark Mower,Thomas A. Turley,Robert Perret,Jan Edwards,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Geri Schear,Shane Simmons,Julie McKuras,Keith Hann,Steve Emecz,Steve Emecz,Thomas A. Turley,Roger Riccard,Deanna Baran,Thomas A. Turley,Julie McKuras,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part VII (By: Lee Child,James Lovegrove,Jan Edwards,Rand Lee,John Linwood Grant,Michael Cox,Steven Philip Jones,David Marcum,Mike Chinn,John Hall,Mark Mower,Thomas A. Turley,Jan Edwards,Daniel D. Victor,James Moffett,Hugh Ashton,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,N. John Hall,Adrian Middleton,Mike Hogan,Thomas A. Turley,Mike Hogan)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part VIII: Eliminate The Impossible: 1892-1905 (By: Will Murray,William Meikle,Craig Janacek,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Daniel McGachey,Michael Mallory,Derrick Belanger,Aaron Smith,Paul D. Gilbert,Robert Perret,Jeremy Branton Holstein,Roger Riccard,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part IX: 2018 Annual (By: Leslie Charteris,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Denis Green,Mark Mower,James Moffett,Geri Schear,Shane Simmons,Robert Stapleton,Roger Riccard,Deanna Baran,Kevin Thornton)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part X: 2018 Annual (By: Will Murray,Kelvin Jones,David Marcum,Martin Rosenstock,Greg Hatcher,Robert Perret,Daniel D. Victor,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Peter Coe Verbica,Mike Hogan,Dick Gillman,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XI: Some Untold Cases (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Will Murray,Leslie Charteris,Stephen Herczeg,Richard Dean Starr,David Marcum,Denis Green,Robert Perret,Hugh Ashton,Jayantika Ganguly,Kevin P. Thornton,Roger Riccard,Deanna Baran,Mike Hogan)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XII: Some Untold Cases (By: Craig Janacek,John Linwood Grant,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Nik Morton,Paul D. Gilbert,Mark Mower,Daniel D. Victor,Robert Stapleton,Mike Hogan,Jane Rubino,Arthur Hall)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIII: 2019 Annual 1881-1890 (By: Roger Johnson,Mark Wardecker,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,Will Thomas,Mark Mower,Hugh Ashton,Shane Simmons,Tim Gambrell,Steve Emecz,Paul Hiscock,Andrew Bryant,Arthur Hall,Brenda Seabrook,Robert Stapleton,S.F. Bennett,Edwin A. Enstrom,M.J.H. Simmonds,Tracy Revels,Sean M. Wright,Marino C. Álvarez,Kevin P. Thornton,Stephen Seitz,Jim French,David Friend,Peter Coe Verbica,Jacquelynn Morris,Melissa Grigsby)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XV: 2019 Annual (By: Will Murray,Leslie Charteris,Kelvin Jones,David Marcum,Jack Grochot,Denis Green,Mark Mower,Robert Perret,Robert Stapleton,Peter Coe Verbica,Mike Hogan,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Dick Gillman,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall,Robert Stapleton,Peter Coe Verbica)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIV: 2019 Annual (By: Stephen Herczeg,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Matthew Booth,I.A. Watson,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,Liz Hedgecock,Harry DeMaio,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Thomas A. Burns, Jr.,Arthur Hall,Edwin A. Enstrom)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XVII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth (By: Will Murray,David Marcum,Michael Mallory,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,Jane Rubino,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XVIII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth 1899-1925 (By: Matthew J. Elliott,Craig Janacek,Gareth Tilley,Kelvin I. Jones,Roger Johnson,David Marcum,Roger Silverwood,Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Christopher James,Steve Emecz,Harry DeMaio,Matthew White,Paul Hiscock,Arthur Hall,S.F. Bennett,Thomas A. Burns Jr.,Roger Stapleton,Tom Turley,Tracey J. Revels,Nick Cardillo)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XVI: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth (By: Josh Pachter,Victoria Watson,David Marcum,Kevin Jones,Mark Mower,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Tim Gambrell,Elizabeth Sophia Watson,Brenda Seabrooke,Andrew Bryant,Kevin Thornton,Arthur Hall,Tracy Revels,David Friend)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XX: 2020 Annual (By: Will Murray,Matthew J. Elliott,Steven Philip Jones,David Marcum,I.A. Watson,Mark Mower,Robert Perret,Anna Elliott,Charles Veley,Sonia Fetherston,Harry DeMaio,Harry DeMaio,Deanna Baran,Susan Knight,Kevin Thornton,Arthur Hall,Tracy Revels,Thomas A. Burns Jr.)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXI: 2020 Annual (By: John Lawrence,Leslie Charteris,Bob Byrne,David Marcum,Stephen Mason Merrill,Michael Mallory,Derrick Belanger,Denis Green,Mark Mower,Hugh Ashton,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,John Lawrence Toole,Peter Coe Verbica,Dick Gillman,Paula Hammond,Jane Rubino,Arthur Hall,Peter Coe Verbica)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIX: 2020 Annual (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Will Murray,David Marcum,James Moffett,Tim Gambrell,Matthew White,Robert Stapleton,Peter Coe Verbica,Ian Ableson,Kevin P. Thornton,Roger Riccard,Ian Ableson,Matthew White,Thomas A. Turley,Brenda Seabrooke,Dick Gillman,Andrew Bryant,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall,Robert Stapleton,Sean M. Wright,David Friend,Peter Coe Verbica,Nick Cardillo)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Some More Untold Cases Part XXII: 1877-1887 (By: Leslie Charteris,Denis O. Smith,David Marcum,Stephen Mason Merrill,Derrick Belanger,Denis Green,Richard Paolinelli,Mark Mower,Geri Schear,Liese Sherwood-Fabre,Ian Ableson,Kevin P. Thornton,Susan Knight,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Chris Chan,Tim Symonds,Robert Stapleton,S.F. Bennett,Kevin P. Thornton)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXIII: 1888-1894 (By: Dacre Stoker,Will Murray,Matthew J. Elliott,Craig Janacek,Steven Philip Jones,Leverett Butts,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Mike Chinn,I.A. Watson,Paul D. Gilbert,Hugh Ashton,Shane Simmons,Tim Gambrell,Paul Hiscock,Margaret Walsh,Tracy J. Revels,Barry Clay,Margaret Walsh,Jane Rubino,Arthur Hall)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXIV: 1895-1903 (By: Craig Stephen Copland,John Lawrence,John Linwood Grant,Stephen Herczeg,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,John Davis,Jayantika Ganguly,Kevin P. Thornton,Susan Knight,Harry DeMaio,Tracy J. Revels,Harry DeMaio,Brenda Seabrooke,Dick Gillman,Paula Hammond,Arthur Hall,Kevin P. Thornton,Thomas A. Burns Jr.)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXV: 2021 Annual 1881-1888 (By: Peter Lovesey,Matthew J. Elliott,Craig Janacek,Roger Johnson,Denis O. Smith,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Hugh Ashton,Kevin McCann,Steve Emecz,Matthew White,Martin Daley,Paul Hiscock,Jane Rubino,Chris Chan,Robert Stapleton,M.J.H. Simmonds,Brenda Seagrove,Keith Hann,Hal Glatzer,Stephen Gaspar)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVI (By: Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,I.A. Watson,Frank Schildiner,Mark Mower,James Moffett,Geri Schear,Naching T. Kassa,Adrian Middleton,Peter Coe Verbica,Margaret Walsh,James Gelter,Ian Ableson,Kevin P. Thornton,Harry DeMaio,Anthony Gurney,Ian Ableson,Harry DeMaio,Dick Gillman,Mike Hogan,Susan Knight,Arthur Hall,Kevin P. Thornton,Peter Coe Verbica)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVII: 2021 Annual 1898-1928 (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Peter Lovesey,Will Murray,John Lawrence,Leslie Charteris,Stephen Herczeg,Roger Johnson,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,John Davis,Denis Green,Tim Gambrell,Tracy J. Revels,Jeremy Branton Holstein,Thomas A. Turley,S.C. Toft,Roger Riccard,Steve Emecz,Arthur Hall)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXX: More Christmas Adventures 1897-1928 (By: Nancy Holder,Roger Johnson,D.J. Tyrer,David Marcum,Michael Mallory,Geri Schear,Jayantika Ganguly,Shane Simmons,Naching T. Kassa,Tim Gambrell,Steve Emecz,Paul Hiscock,Andrew Bryant,Paula Hammond,Susan Knight,Kevin Thornton,J.S. Rowlinson,Julie McKuras,J. Lawrence Matthews,Jane Rubino,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXIX: More Christmas Adventures 1889-1896 (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Gordon Linzner,Roger Johnson,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Derrick Belanger,I.A. Watson,Frank Schildiner,Paul D. Gilbert,Tracy J. Revels,Steve Emecz,Ian Ableson,Wayne Anderson,Barry Clay,Harry DeMaio,Matthew White,Margaret Walsh,Dan Rowley,Arthur Hall)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 (By: Nancy Holder,Will Murray,John Lawrence,Stephen Herczeg,Roger Johnson,David Marcum,Mark Mower,Liz Hedgecock,Tim Gambrell,Roger Riccard,Steve Emecz,Deanna Baran,Thomas A. Turley,Brenda Seabrooke,Thomas A. Burns, Jr.,Amy Thomas,Jeffrey A. Lockwood,Martin Daley,Dick Gillman,Paul Hiscock,Mike Hogan)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 (By: Nancy Holder,David Marcum)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
XXXI: 2022 Annual 1875-1887 (By: John Lawrence,Gordon Linzner,Kelvin I. Jones,Roger Johnson,D.J. Tyrer,David Marcum,I.A. Watson,Geri Schear,Tracy J. Revels,Steve Emecz,Dan Rowley,Susan Knight,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall,Robert Stapleton,Hal Glatzer,Sean Wright,Jeffrey Hatcher,Terry Golledge,David MacGregor,Emma West,Kevin Patrick McCann,Thomas Burns,Steven Herczeg)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXII: 2022 Annual 1888-1895 (By: Will Murray,Craig Janacek,David Marcum,Mike Chinn,Paul Hiscock,Hal Glatzer,James Gelter,Ian Ableson,Mike Hogan,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Wayne Anderson,Tim Symonds,Arthur Hall,Hal Glatzer,Terry Golledge,Kevin Patrick McCann,Alan Dimes)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XIII: 2022 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXI: 2022 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXIII: 2022 Annual 1896-1919 (By: Craig Stephen Copland,Roger Johnson,Mark Wardecker,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Hugh Ashton,Naching T. Kassa,Tracy J. Revels,Steve Emecz,Dan Rowley,Jeffrey A. Lockwood,Martin Daley,Andrew Bryant,Susan Knight,Tim Symonds,Kevin P. Thornton,Tom Turley,Jeffrey Hatcher,Terry Golledge,Josh Cerefice,David MacGregor,Alisha Shea,Emma West)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXIV: However Improbable (By: Will Murray,Leslie Charteris,Stephen Herczeg,Gordon Linzner,Marcia Wilson,David Marcum,Denis Green,Paul Hiscock,James Gelter,Tracy J. Revels,Roger Riccard,Dan Rowley,Thomas A. Burns, Jr.,Chris Chan,Arthur Hall,Tim Newton Anderson,DJ Tyrer,John McNabb,Joseph W. Svec III)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXV: However Improbable (By: David Marcum)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVI: However Improbable (By: David Marcum)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVII: 2023 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVIII: 2023 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXVIII (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XXXIX (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLII: Further Untold Cases 1894-1922 (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLI: Further Untold Cases - 1887-1892 (By: David Marcum)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLIII: 2024 Annual 1874-1888 (By: David Marcum)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLIV: 2024 Annual 1889-1897 (By: David Marcum)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLV: 2024 Annual 1898-1917 (By: David Marcum)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLVI: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1861-1889 (By: David Marcum)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
Part XLVII: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1890-1898 (By: David Marcum,Chris Chan)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Sam Wiebe is an award-winning author who is widely known for the book, Last of the Independents, which emerged the winner during the Arthur Ellis Award. The Last of the Independents is set in Vancouver, and it tells the story of a Private Investigator who is looking for a missing child. Sam Wiebe’s narratives have been featured in Spinetingler, Criminal Elements, and Thuglit’s e-collection. Currently, Sam Wiebe resides in Vancouver, Canada.

Sam Wiebe Best Books
The Last of the Independents
The Last of the Independents is a fun and fast read for readers who love classic private investigator narratives that have a contemporary sensibility. All the characters that author Sam Wiebe has created are not only real but also are flawed as well. The flaws of these characters are not superimposed but rather an integral part of who they are and also in the things that they do. The writing style is fluid and quick, while the pace, on the other hand, feels fast without necessarily relying on the day-to-day tricks of the trade. Michael Drayton, the protagonist that author Sam Wiebe has created, is someone that the readers may love to go on the field with. In The Last of the Independents author, Sam Wiebe introduces the readers to Michael Drayton, a Vancouver based PI, whose field of specialty is missing persons. The book begins as Michael’s latest client, one Clifford Szabo, approaches Michael about Django James, his missing son.

When presented with the case, Michael is uncertain whether to take the case or not. Szabo informs Michael, that his son got lost after Szabo left him in the car to visit one of the local pawnshops. After Michael listened to Szabo’s rather fishy story, he decides to accept Szabo’s offer and immediately sets out to locate his son. As Michael Drayton begins to look for Szabo’s son, he realizes that it is not going to be an easy task. Michael begins by first talking to one of the leading psychics in the town, than drug addicts and finally car thieves. The people that he begins to speak with, eventually leads him to a dead end and eventually down the dead streets. Just when Michael is about to give up on the case, the investigation eventually takes a rather sharp turn, and Drayton is thrust into a rather peculiar case that involves a funeral home and a necrophile. The more Michael delves deeper into the case, the more the stakes are raised.

Drayton eventually finds himself traveling on some extremely dangerous streets, with hopes of finding some truth concerning the missing boy. Apart from being wildly entertaining, the Last of the Independents is emotionally haunting and filled with several laugh-out-loud moments. Assisting Michael at the agency is Katherine Hough, a college student who has been hired on a temporary basis to offer clerical work, social media expertise, and database investigation. Katherine being a closet feminist, she does not approve being called a secretary. Thus Michael decides to refer to Katherine as a junior partner. Ben Loeb is the last member of the agency. More than two years ago, Michael was contracted to handle a missing person’s case, which involved Cynthia, a nine-year-old girl. The only challenge was that Cynthia disappeared more than five years ago, At the time, Michael did not refuse to take the case.
However, Michael knew that the chances of finding the little girl, were very minimal. Ben Loeb is Cynthia’s brother, together with his mother; Michael has continued to work tirelessly to solve the Cynthia’s mystery. Ever since Michael began working on the case, Ben decided to be on Michael’s side as a means of staying close to his lost sister and also connect with her spirit. During the period that Ben has worked with the PI Agency, he has gone ahead and become a renowned video game writer. Using his expertise, Ben has proved to be quite resourceful, and many at times has put his supreme acting skills to great use. Nonetheless, Ben still required more attention in the Last of the Independents, because he was somehow underrated.

Invisible Dead
Invisible Dead is the first installment in the Wakeland book series. In Invisible Wakeland, author Sam Wiebe introduces the readers to one Dave Wakeland, a former police officer, who now serves as a private investigator. Dave mainly relies on his partner as a source of income, while he handles most of the dead-end cases. The book begins as Dave Wakeland begins to look into Chelsea Loom’s disappearance, which happened more than twelve years ago. Due to the fact that Chelsea Loom’s mother is about to die, she is now more than determined to establish what happened to her daughter. Apart from being a prostitute, Chelsea Loom was also a drug addict. In the process, her disappearance was not taken seriously mainly because of her involvement in prostitution and the drug ring.

When Dave Wakeland begins to look into Chelsea’s disappearance, he eventually finds himself in the center of extremely powerful men, who are more than determined to ensure that their involvement stays in the shadows. Furthermore, Dave Wakeland also finds himself falling for a former schoolmate. Many at times, Dave Wakeland loved to torture himself by taking some of the hard cold cases and from the look of things Dave was going that lonely and cold road. Many at times, Dave Wakeland debated whether Chelsea’s disappearance should be left hanging instead of being revealed. With that said, will Dave Wakeland be able to uncover the mystery surrounding Chelsea’s disappearance, or will be in the process also disappear as well?

Invisible Dead will keep the interest of the readers from the first page to the last. Readers are going to fall with all the main characters and also feel the connection, with each of these characters. Author Sam Wiebe has done everything right in the novel, Invisible Dead. Every word and every sentence is quite effective and has been well crafted as well. The dialogue is not only crisp but also quite realistic as well. Through their interactions and actions, the characters in the Invisible Dead are slowly revealed.

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