The acclaimed writer Sam Wiebe discusses his new novel Ocean Drive (Harbour Publishing, 2024), with Joseph Planta.

Ocean Drive by Sam Wiebe (Harbour Publishing, 2024). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Ocean Drive

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 got a new novel out, and it’s terrific. Ocean Drive is set in White Rock, British Columbia, a seaside town close to the Canada-US border. The airport is not too far, and the City of Surrey is closer. And it’s a place ideal for criminal or nefarious elements. When the book begins, we meet Cameron Shaw, a paroled killer, who is offered a job infiltrating the League of Nations crime syndicate. He turns down the offer intending to go straight, but soon enough is drawn into this web after realising he has no job, no family or any prospects for either. While this is happening, we meet Meghan Quick, an RCMP officer who’s investigating a house fire where the body of Alexa Reed is found. As she delves into what happened, so begins Sam’s book, a taut novel that’s got criminals, the drug trade, brutal violence, all with this beautiful setting of White Rock. Sam Wiebe is the author of the Wakeland novels, one of the most acclaimed detective series in Canada. His books have won all sorts of awards, and gained loyal audiences here and abroad. As Nolan Chase, he has just published another novel A Lonesome Place for Dying. I’ll ask him about that book, and the taking on of a new persona.  The website for more is at www.samwiebe.com. Ocean Drive is from Harbour Publishing. We spoke two and a half weeks ago. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Sam Wiebe; Mr. Wiebe, good morning.

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