Vigilante Season

by Peter Kirby

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Pub Date Oct 12 2013 | Archive Date Apr 09 2014

Linda Leith Publishing

Description

Vigilante Season (Linda Leith Publishing, October 12th 2013) is the hotly anticipated follow-up to Peter Kirby’s critically acclaimed debut novel, The Dead of Winter.

Inspector Luc Vanier is back, investigating the brutal death of a drug dealer in Montreal’s Hochelaga district while struggling to manage a personal crisis of his own. Hochelaga, one of Montreal’s poorest neighbourhoods, is in the throes of gentrification, and the drug dealers and prostitutes are disappearing. Vanier suspects the so-called neighbourhood cleanup may involve a local militia group murdering the unwanted.

When Vanier is accused of beating up a witness and is suspended from the force, he takes matters into his own hands. He continues to probe the dark side of Hochelaga’s transformation, while fighting to prove his innocence and discover who really controls the streets.

A riveting and frighteningly timely tale of crime and corruption, Vigilante Season will force readers to question where, in a country plagued by criminal justice controversies, the interests of government, law enforcement, the economy, and the public truly intersect. It also confirms Kirby’s status as one of crime fiction’s most exciting new voices.

Vigilante Season (Linda Leith Publishing, October 12th 2013) is the hotly anticipated follow-up to Peter Kirby’s critically acclaimed debut novel, The Dead of Winter.

Inspector Luc Vanier is back...

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A Note From the Publisher

Peter Kirby practices international law with one of Canada’s largest law firms. Born in Cork, Ireland, and raised in Brixton, South London, Kirby has been recognized by The American Lawyer as one of Canada’s leading 500 lawyers and called a star in international arbitration by Benchmark Litigation. His debut novel, The Dead of Winter, was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel and saw him heralded as one of Canada’s most exciting crime fiction writers by the National Post, Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Quill & Quire, Montreal Review of Books and CBC Radio, among others.

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Advance Praise

The first of Peter Kirby's Luc Vanier novels, The Dead of Winter (Linda Leith Publishing), October 2012) was shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada's 2013 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Book and was acclaimed by reviewers across the country.

"A new addition to the fine stable of crime writers in this country."
- The Sunday Edition, CBC Radio

"Inspector Luc Vanier seems a character likely to join the ranks of Canada’s enduring sleuth figures."
- Toronto Star

"A brand-new detective series set in Montreal, and it’s terrific. Kirby knows how to plot, build character and maintain suspense."
- The Globe and Mail

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