7 Comments
User's avatar
Jim Thomsen's avatar

Preordered! I am leaning hard into stories like this, because I’m writing one: a guy who’s about to turn 50 in 2022, who decides that the only sensible way to deal why 2022 is to pretend it’s 1972 ... and to try to force his beloved but decaying mill town, about to bow to the forces of soulless gentrification, to do the same. Even if that means piling up a few bodies.

Expand full comment
Jim Thomsen's avatar

The evils of profit-driven gentrification, especially when it’s pitched as community betterment with no regard for the community members it leaves behind, is one of the great foundations of crime, and crime storytelling, going forward.

Expand full comment
Sam Wiebe's avatar

It's the focus of the book, yeah. Not only the evils of gentrification but the feeling of being left out or behind, and what that does to people. Thanks, Jim!

Expand full comment
Rob Forbes's avatar

I laughed out loud at 'Uncle Phil'

Really looking forward to the latest!

Expand full comment
Sean Cranbury's avatar

Fantastic skills on display! Really loved this one, Sam.

Expand full comment
Sam Wiebe's avatar

Thanks, Sean, and happy birthday!

Expand full comment
Dale Odberg's avatar

Thank you!

Expand full comment