“This debut Canadian crime novel by Dietrich Kalteis is edgy and energetic—a scurrilous journey into the dark side of Canada’s seven-billion-dollar pot industry.”
— A recommended read by 49th Shelf
Also available as hardcover.
“The Deadbeat Club is the Vancouver crime novel that I’ve always been hoping someone would write, an Elmore Leonard inflected, witty plunge into the vernacular and particular shape of drug crime and culture in the area.”
— National Post
“If you like hard sex, tough talk, motorcycles,
guns and boys with toys, this is your meat.”
— The Globe and Mail
“This caper quickly turns into a cinematic adventure, and descriptions of saloons and bawdy houses of ill repute add smoke-fills-your-nose realism.”
— Kirkus Review
“It will resonate with those who came of age in the late 70s, and if a literary prize existed for depicting the most offensive club lavatories, this novel would win it hands down.”
— Publishers Weekly
The Gritty Gastown Collection:
This collection features three of Dietrich Kalteis’s high-octane crime novels, all set in Vancouver, BC: Ride the Lightning, Triggerfish, and The Deadbeat Club
“If you like your crime hard and fast, Kalteis is for you.”
— Globe and Mail.
Shootout is the German translation of The Deadbeat Club, released by Suhrkamp/Insel. May, 2018
»Kalteis ist für Vancouver und Whistler, was George V. Higgins für Boston und Jean-Claudio Izzo für Marseille waren.« — National Post
“Kalteis is for Vancouver and Whistler what George V. Higgins was for Boston and what Jean-Claudio Izzo was for Marseille.” — National Post
“Dietrich Kalteis writes about 1980s Toronto crooks in a style that’s
breezy and confident, comic and ribald — and he’s especially letter perfect in portraying characters who’ve got “loser” stamped smack
in the middle of their foreheads.
— The Toronto Star
“Kalteis does a brilliant job of planting us in this particular time and place. Even at its darkest, the story is lifted by a light, engaging touch. A sharp-witted, affecting noir, Dust Bowl-style.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Kalteis writes brash, raw, dirty, and gritty like no one else. A hair-raising escapade fueled by impulsive choices, this page-turner kept me up most of the night.”
— Ottawa Review of Books
the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in May.” — The Province