There's nothing prissy, genteel, or insincere in Mike Knowles' work prose so spare it flirts with cruelty, that cuts scalpel-clean and just as precise, and crackles with the kind of talent and energy that not only makes it difficult to put down, but that sends you frantically looking for his next book. Hard-boiled, hard-edged, hard-core, but never once crossing into parody or pastiche. There is power here, and Knowles knows how to use it.
— Greg Rucka, author of the Atticus Kodiak crime fiction series

Think Canadian crime fiction is soft? Mike Knowles proves otherwise, in this tense, terse, bloody-knuckled thriller. Knowles doesnt do nice and his antihero, Wilson, makes Mike Hammer look like a well-adjusted pacifist. In Plain Sight is a kick in the nuts with steel-toed boots.
— Sean Chercover, author of Trigger City and Big City, Bad Blood

“You set me loose. Everything that happened was because you saw fit to use me as bait. And what was I on the hook for? You just wanted a bust you could attach your name to so you could get ahead. Dont try to pretend that youre Dudley Do-Right. Youre just an opportunist with a badge.”

They should have known better than to look for him. Wilson had been gone for two years until his old boss forced him to come home to be a grinder again. Wilson did the job he was blackmailed into doing and settled things, his way, with everyone. He was free — for two minutes.

A random car accident destroys everything and puts Wilson into the crosshairs again, but this time the gun is in the hands of a cop. Justice isnt blind in the city; its as bent as the tip of a bullet. Dirty cops are using Wilson as bait and the only way for him to stay out of cuffs is to help put someone worse in them. Wilson picks a fight with the Russian mob and lures both cops and robbers into his own trap. Everyone is crooked in the city, but not everyone is a survivor.

In Plain Sight is the third book featuring reluctant mob-enforcer Wilson, following Darwins Nightmare (2008) and Grinder (2009).

“Readers who like their mean streets really mean will be thoroughly satisfied.&rdquo
— Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Grinder