One or the Other
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
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, the police are bolstering security to prevent another catastrophe like the '72 games in Munich. But it isn't tight enough to stop nearly three million dollars being stolen in a bold daytime Brink's truck robbery.
As the high-profile heist continues to baffle the police, Constable Eddie Dougherty gets a chance to prove his worth as a detective on another case. He's assigned to assist in a Quebec suburb investigating the deaths of two teenagers returning from a rock concert across the Jacques Cartier Bridge. Were they mugged and thrown over the side? Or was it a murder-suicide? With tensions running high in the city and his career at stake, Dougherty is about to confront one of the most challenging cases of his life.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The well-written third police procedural featuring Montreal's Constable Eddie Dougherty (following A Little More Free) is set in 1976 in the run-up to the Olympic Games in Montreal. This is a world of leisure suits, Janis Joplin, and KC and the Sunshine Band, as well as airplane hijackers, Idi Amin, striking workers, defecting Olympic athletes, the Baader-Meinhof gang, and the Quebec sovereignty movement. McFetridge seamlessly weaves these period details into a fast-paced narrative as Dougherty and his colleague Sgt. Francine Legault of the Longueuil police force try to get to the truth about what really happened to two teens whose bodies washed up on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Their superiors would like to label the case a murder-suicide, but Dougherty and Legault suspect the teens were both murdered. When Dougherty is pulled off the case and reassigned to Olympic security duties, he continues to investigate on his own time. He's sometimes impulsive and unconcerned about criminals' rights, but he has a tender side, seen in his relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Judy. This is an enjoyable read brimming with colorful characters that immerses readers in a tumultuous period in Canadian history.
