John McFetridge

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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2006
  • Latest Book:
    June 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Toronto

Dirty Sweet (Jun-2006)
Swap (Sep-2009)
Tumblin' Dice (Jan-2012)

Book List in Order: 14 titles

  • Dirty Sweet

    Toronto

    In the middle of the afternoon on a busy downtown Toronto street a man is shot in the head behind the wheel of his SUV. The killer drives away before the light changes. It could be road rage, or it could be a random act of violence. It could be, but ...

  • Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

    The joke? Toronto thinks it’s the centre of some multicultural universe, always bragging about how people come from every part of the world to live there. The punch line? Some of them are coming to commit crimes. So yeah, Sharon MacDonald's got ...

  • Swap

    Toronto

    Detectives Price and McKeon are called to the scene -- a husband and wife found slumped in their car, parked sideways on a busy downtown on-ramp, a bullet in each of their heads. That's what's in the papers, and that's all the public sees. Toronto ...

  • Let It Ride

    McFetridge channels Elmore Leonard at the height of his powers, with dialogue Quentin Tarantino would kill for.--Ken Bruen The author of two critically acclaimed Canadian crime novels, with Let It Ride John McFetridge takes us deep inside the gray zo...

  • Barbotte

    Montreal 1946. Jackie Robinson is playing for the Royals, the jazz clubs are hopping and the backrooms are full of people losing money at the barbotte tables.Nat Lawson is home from the war working for the phone company and moonlighting running 'sile...

  • Grow House

    Stand-off in a suburban grow op.Freddie is robbing the place, Victor has come to kill him, Steve is caught in the middle and Holly is looking for a quiet evening at home.Any house in any neighbourhood could be a grow house...A novella from the author...

  • Collateral Damage

    Once again the eight authors of DoSomeDamage.com bring together eight stories of murder and mayhem in these linked stories.TERMINAL DAMAGE, a Spinetingler Magazine nominee for best anthology, featured stories linked together by one awful day in an ai...

  • Tumblin' Dice

    Toronto

    Two aging rock stars plot against the manager who ripped them off in this witty thriller by “Canada’s answer to Elmore Leonard” (Toronto Star).   The High, a band with a few hit songs back in the late 1970s, have reunited to play the nosta...

  • Black Rock

    Set amid the tumult of 1970 Montreal, this is “an extremely good crime novel [with] a seriously compelling mystery” (Booklist).   The police in Montreal have their hands full as FLQ, a militant separatist group, continue a campaign of violen...



  • A Little More Free

    “Like [Elmore] Leonard, McFetridge is able to convincingly portray flawed figures on both sides of the law” (Publishers Weekly).   Montreal, Labor Day weekend, 1972. The city is getting ready to host the first game in the legendary Summit Se...

  • One or the Other

    This police procedural set in 1970s Montreal is “an enjoyable read . . . that immerses readers in a tumultuous period in Canadian history” (Publishers Weekly).   In the weeks before Montreal is to host the 1976 Summer Olympics...

  • Passport to Murder

    “[A] rich and varied anthology…” -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

    Janet Hutchings, Chris Grabenstein, Gary Phillips, and Hilary Davidson headline a new world tour anthology of 22 stories from the heartland of America to Italy, Japa...

  • Montreal Noir

    Following the success of Toronto Noir, the Noir Series explores new Canadian terrain, featuring both English-speaking and Francophone authors....

  • Every City Is Every Other City

    Behind the scenes, nothing is what it seems. Gord Stewart, 40 years old, single, moved back into his sub­urban childhood home to care for his widowed father. But his father no longer needs care and Gord is stuck in limbo. He’s been working in the ...

Award-Winning Books by John McFetridge

Every City Is Every Other City
2022 Shamus Award -- Paperback Original P.I. Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John McFetridge has published 14 books.

John McFetridge does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Every City Is Every Other City, was published in June 2021.

The first book by John McFetridge, Dirty Sweet, was published in June 2006.

Yes. John McFetridge has 1 series.
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