Invisible Dead has been shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Award!
I'm honoured to be among such a great list of nominated books, including Carleigh Baker's Bad Endings, Pandas on the Eastside by Gabrielle Prendergast, and Susan Point: Spindle Whorl by Grant Arnold, Ian M. Thom, Susan Point, Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, Thomas Cannell, Myrtle Mckay, and William McLennan.
The announcement came with a very flattering description of the novel: "This fast-paced thriller set in Vancouver’s criminal underworld follows a private investigator on a journey to solve an unsolvable mystery."
'It's an honour just to be nominated' is a cliche, but it's a true cliche--as far as I know a crime novel has never won or been shortlisted. I take a measure of pride in that, and I'm glad to be in such good company.