title: Invisible Dead (A PI Dave Wakeland Novel)
author:  Sam Wiebe 
description: "Witty, smart, detailed, and highly entertaining, Wiebe has a gift for place and character." <br /><b><i><b>Steve Berry, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author</b><br /></i></b><br /><br />"Wiebe illustrates the law of the jungle here, and he does it with great narrative skill and some very cool dialogue."<b><i><b><i>Booklist</i></b></i></b><br /><br />"The enigmatic, intriguing tough guy at its center and gritty local color . . . deliver a message about Vancouver's vulnerable female sex workers."<br /><b><i><b><i>Publishers Weekly </i></b><br /></i></b><br /><br />"Moody, atmospheric, gray, and pensive . . . this is what being a P.I. is like. No glamour, girls, and glitz. Just hardnosed reality in all its gloom and glory."<br /><b><i><i><b>Great Mysteries and Thrillers</b></i><br /></i></b><br /><br />"Traditional private investigators such as Sam Spade win our respect. Dave Wakeland gets our affection . . . A story as appealing as it is mysterious."<b><i><b><i>Toronto Star</i></b></i></b><br /><br />"Haven't yet heard of Sam Wiebe? You will soon . . . Lots of personal demons and good backstories give this novel heft. Wiebe is definitely a writer on the rise."<b><i><b><i>The Globe and Mail</i></b></i></b><br /><br />"Sharp and terrific . . . A harrowing, superbly puzzling, and richly cinematic tale."<b><i><b><i>The Vancouver Sun</i></b></i></b><br /><br />"Wiebe's writing is very fine . . . keeping us hooked long enough to reach a madly exciting payoff in an ending that can't be put down."<br /><b><i><i><b>Jules Brenner's Critical Mystery Tour</b></i><br /></i></b><br /><br />"Noir detective Dave Wakeland is exasperating and appealing in equal measures. And of course, burdened by a keen moral compass and a dangerous curiosity about things. The writing is crisp and pleasing. The plot is engrossing, with a nice array of suspects and red herrings. Vancouver is well-described, giving the book a sense of place and making the city almost a character in the book."<br /><b><i><b>Mac's Backs</b><br /></i></b><br /><br />"A gripping, wrenching, brilliant piece of fiction, quite possibly the definitive Vancouver crime novel."<br /><b><i><b>Owen Laukkanen, author of <i>The Professionals</i></b><br /></i></b>
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  J. N. Chaney
  
  
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  # Book Description
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  What would you do if you woke up in another world?
  
  
  
  
  
  When leading archeologist Dr. Hank Murphy discovers an alien