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Black Rock

An Eddie Dougherty Mystery

Published by ECW Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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Set amid the tumult of 1970 Montreal, this is “an extremely good crime novel [with] a seriously compelling mystery.” — Booklist

A superb police procedural and a compelling page-turner for readers of Dennis Lehane

The police in Montreal have their hands full as FLQ, a militant separatist group, continue a campaign of violence. Bombs explode at the stock exchange and at McGill University. Riots break out at a parade. Diplomat James Cross and government minister Pierre Laporte are kidnapped — and the Canadian army moves into the streets. Against this dramatic backdrop, the “Vampire Killer” has murdered three women and a fourth is missing.

As the bulk of the police force focuses on the FLQ crisis, a young beat cop finds himself virtually alone as he hunts the serial killer. Constable Eddie Dougherty, the son of a French mother and an Irish Canadian father, is determined to take matters into his own hands before another victim dies …

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Product Details

  • Publisher: ECW Press (May 1, 2014)
  • Length: 424 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781550229752

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Raves and Reviews

“Canadian author/screenwriter McFetridge has earned critical praise for Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (2008) and other previous works, but is still looking for a ‘breakout book.’ With its well-etched family drama and dynamic historical background, Black Rock might finally be the one.” — Kirkus Reviews

“This is an extremely good crime novel, brimming with historical verisimilitude … with a richly detailed protagonist and a seriously compelling mystery.” — Booklist

“[An] excellent historical procedure … Well done history and a really good plot line.” — Globe and Mail

“[McFetridge]’s prose remains stripped back and forceful, the action propelled by laconic dialogue and the likeable Eddie Dougherty’s refusal to allow politics to interfere with his personal pursuit of justice … It’s a fascinating backdrop, too.” — The Irish Times

“Spellbinding franglais dialogue and a superb police procedural are set against the backdrop of a seminal period in Canadian history.” — Winnipeg Free Press

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