The award-winning writer Sam Wiebe discusses his new novel, the fourth in the Wakeland series of noir set in Vancouver, Sunset and Jericho (Harbour Publishing, 2023), with Joseph Planta.

Sunset and Jericho by Sam Wiebe (Harbour Publishing, 2023). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Sunset and Jericho

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Sam Wiebe joins me again. He’s just published the fourth book in his Wakeland detective series. Sunset and Jericho is the title of the novel, and it’s a gripping story with Vancouver as the backdrop, and private detective Dave Wakeland as our central character navigating Vancouver’s seedy underworld. Wakeland is in the midst of class warfare in the ever-unaffordable Vancouver, as the mayor’s brother goes missing, and a transit cop is beaten and her service weapon is stolen. I’ll get Sam to tell us as much as he’d like about the book, the compelling character of Dave Wakeland, and the Vancouver he talks about in fiction not just in this book, but the previous ones, Invisible Dead, Cut You Down, and Hell and Gone. His other books include Never Going Back, Last of the Independents, and the anthology Vancouver Noir, which he edited. He’s received the Crime Writers of Canada award, and the Kobo Emerging Writers Prize, and his books have appeared on the shortlists for the Edgar, Hammett, Shamus, and City of Vancouver prizes. This new book is from Harbour Publishing. Visit www.samwiebe.com for more. He joined me from his home in New Westminster, BC last week. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Sam Wiebe; Mr. Wiebe, good morning.

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