{"product_id":"9781459709508","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Award — Nominated, Best First Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e2012 Unhanged Arthur Award — Winner, Best Unpublished First Crime Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eWhat do a necrophile, a missing boy, and an unsavoury P.I. have in common?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. ","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143673168112,"sku":"9781459709508","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459709508_p0.jpg?v=1772499191","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459709508","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}