Ocean Drive, Sam Wiebe
Ocean Drive, Sam Wiebe
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Ocean Drive

Author: Sam Wiebe

Narrator: Kyle Snyder

Unabridged: 8 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/24/2024


Synopsis

A paroled killer and a small-town cop find themselves on a collision course when the murder-by-arson of a college student sparks off gang violence along the forty-ninth parallel.

His first day out of prison, paroled killer Cameron Shaw meets with a mysterious lawyer who offers him a small fortune to infiltrate the League of Nations crime syndicate. Shaw turns her down, intending to go straight. But with no job, no family, and no prospects, he's soon compelled to take her offer.

In the small Pacific Northwest town of White Rock, a body is pulled from a burning house. Staff Sgt. Meghan Quick identifies the victim as grad student Alexa Reed. Alexa's behavior during her last few days strikes Quick as bizarre. Why did she remove the for-sale sign from her parents' house, and why was she trying to meet with the League of Nations?

As Quick tries to solve Alexa's homicide, Shaw moves deeper into the League's cross-border drug trade.

With the threat of a gang war looming, and long-buried secrets coming to light, Quick must find Alexa's killer, while rescuing Shaw from the brutal gang violence that threatens the future of White Rock.

About Sam Wiebe

Sam Wiebe’s novel Last of the Independents won the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize and an Arthur Ellis Award, and was nominated for a Shamus award. His short stories have appeared in Thuglit, Spinetingler, and subTerrain, and he was the 2016 Vancouver Public Library Writer in Residence. He lives in Vancouver.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Benoit

The correct rating here would be 3.5, but I'll give Sam Wiebe the benefit of the doubt in the absence of mechanics allowing us to apply nuance to our score. Ocean Drive a first foray by Wiebe outside of the detective novel. It has a fun plot where greed, nice neighborhoods and the demon of urban deve......more

Goodreads review by Anne

The haves vs the have nots, and then within each group competition to have more...all set in the White Rock, BC area. Cameron Shaw get into trouble with both groups, digging himself a continually deeper hole. The cover photo was taken by the author! :)......more

Goodreads review by Joel

Sam Wiebe's first standalone is Ocean Drive, set in White Rock, British Columbia. The book opens with Cameron Shaw getting out of prison after serving 7 years for manslaughter. As he's released, Cam receives a message from an anonymous woman, asking him to meet her at a coffee shop. He obliges, and......more

Goodreads review by Rob

Cam Shaw got out of prison early but he’s still doing time. I could be talking about the three years of parole but I’m really talking about navigating life after seven years locked up. The small Pacific town of Crescent Beach has expanded while Cam was trapped inside and not necessarily in a positiv......more