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Title details for Sunsetter by Curtis LeBlanc - Available

Sunsetter

A Novel

by Curtis LeBlanc
Sophie Amoss
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A fast-paced literary thriller that peels back the layers of small-town police corruption, drugs, and teen disillusionment to expose unlikely heroes and unexpected villains

When two teens, Dallan and Hannah, attend the opening night of the infamous Sunsetter rodeo, they find themselves entangled in the suspicious deaths of their two closest loved ones. Driven by loss, rage, and their gut instincts for justice, they channel their grief and confusion into uncovering the criminal truth about their small town of Perron, a prairie community that has been long deserted by industry, leaving a ghostly emptiness of abandoned gravel pits, golf courses, and storefronts. They soon discover that Perron — with its population of bored and discontented youth, as well as police officers who are only looking out for themselves—is the ideal place for a mysterious and omnipresent drug trade to flourish. Soon enough, Dallan and Hannah are being tailed by Deputy Arnason, who has been tasked with protecting the reputation of the local police, even as his conscience screams in protest with every move he makes.
Equal parts crime novel and literary fiction, Sunsetter is an unflinching story about the opioid crisis, teen isolation, police brutality, and the fickleness of late-stage capitalism.

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  • Release date

    April 25, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593791134
      • File size: 214086 KB
      • Duration: 07:26:00

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 980
    • Text Difficulty: 5-7

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 13, 2023
      Poet LeBlanc (Little Wild) makes his fiction debut with a taut thriller set over three days in the Canadian prairie town of Perron, which has been in decline since the end of the oil boom. On the opening afternoon of the Sunsetter rodeo, Dallan Dermott and his best buddy, Brooks, check out a place to buy drugs in the midway, watch the first chuck wagon races of the weekend, and drink beer. After their third beer, behind the rodeo bleachers, Dallan is feeling a buzz, then he notices that Brooks has collapsed on the grass and dies of an overdose—from drugs sold to him by Pretty Nick, a carnie. Dallan sets out to take revenge on Nick. Enter Hannah Fields, who’s in love with Nick, and Deputy Arnason, whom Hannah and Dallan soon discover is also selling drugs. Arnason learns that Hannah and Dallan know he’s a drug pusher, and his boss, Sheriff Robert Durham, orders him to eliminate Dallan. Violence ensues, and Arnason puts pressure on Hannah to go along with his and Durham’s version of the truth about the murder. The action moves slowly at first, but builds to an explosive conclusion. LeBlanc’s doomed young people put a human face on the horrendous impact of the drug crisis. Agent: Akin Akinwumi, Willenfield Literary (Canada).

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:980
  • Text Difficulty:5-7

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