Black Rock: An Eddie Dougherty Mystery (The Eddie Dougherty Mysteries #1)

By: John McFetridge

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Synopsis: 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 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 onto the streets. But while all this is going on, the &“Vampire Killer&” has murdered three women and a fourth is missing. A young beat cop finds himself almost alone hunting the serial killer, as the rest of the force focuses on the crisis. 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 . . . From the acclaimed author of the Toronto series, Black Rock is &“a superb police procedural . . . set against the backdrop of a seminal period in Canadian history&” (Winnipeg Free Press). &“Excellent . . . Well done history and a really good plot line.&” —The Globe and Mail (Toronto)