- Paperback: 334 pages
- Publisher: ECW Press (Nov 1 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1550229095
- ISBN-13: 978-1550229097
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 16.2 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #489,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
The seedy massage parlors, gang-ridden housing projects, and expensive mafia-run clubs of Toronto provide the backdrop for this riveting crime story featuring Detective Gord Bergeron. Plagued by unanswered questions in his personal life and at work, Gord immerses himself in the investigation of a death that may be terrorist-related. Did the Arab-looking man who fell 25 floors to his death jump, or was he pushed? Sharon MacDonald may know the answer, but she is knee-deep in her own problems—namely, her house arrest, the impending arrival of her drug lord ex-boyfriend, and the attention of the preternaturally good-looking Ray. It’s only a matter of time until Sharon and Gord’s paths cross in this fast-paced mystery.
About the Author
John McFetridge is the author of Below the Line and Dirty Sweet. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Killer Crime Book; one of the best I've read,
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This review is from: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere: A Mystery (Paperback)
He got me from page 1. I knew I liked McFetridge's style because of some clips I'd read on his website. He's honest and dark and understands how people work. The book was better than I'd hoped; sexier, grittier, and somehow more emotional. Here's why:1.The immediacy. I felt like I was walking through the book, inside the characters' heads, seeing, feeling, even tasting the Scotch they were drinking. 2.The plot. I live a stable, conservative life, free of crime and intrigue. Because I felt like I was riding along in the cop cars and seeing the insides of sleazy massage parlors, I felt cool. Way cooler than I am. 3.The dialogue. God, did it ever sound natural. Not boring natural, how people really talk, but boiled down to the gritty essence of how we would talk if we could edit ourselves for redundancy. 4.The end. It left me somewhere different from where I started. I can't say more, because I recommend that you read this book. John McFetridge gets compared to Elmore Leonard a lot. I've never read Leonard's books, but I've just bought one because of the comparison.
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