Tumblin' Dice (Toronto)
John McFetridge
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Description
The Toronto Series hits the casino tour circuit, as rockers turn robbers in search of revenge The High had a couple of hit songs in the late '70s and now they're back playing the nostalgia circuit at casinos. The bass player, Barry, and the lead singer, Cliff, have found a way to make the tour worthwhile: rob the drug dealers and the shylocks that work every casino. Their old manager, Frank, now works one of their tour stops, and the guys decide to go for one big score and get the millions he swindled from them.But extracting old debts isn't a simple transaction, and the rockers find themselves in the middle of a battlefield when the Saints of Hell bikers try to drive out the Philadelphia mobsters who've been running the casino.Tumblin' Dice rolls with cops and mobsters, rock stars and bikers, in a gritty, absorbing tour through a criminal underworld that's thoroughly convincing.
Praise For Tumblin' Dice (Toronto)…
Toronto likes to think of itself as a world-class city;’ and at least in terms of crime and crime fiction, it’s not that far off. One illustration: John McFetridge’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, an absorbingly complex tale . . . There are wheels within wheels, plots within plots, betrayals within betrayalsalong with confusions and hopes.” Toronto Sun
Canada’s answer to Elmore Leonard, John McFetridge is going places . . . The title of Canadian author [his] second crime novel is as packed with rascally attitude as the book itself." Toronto Star
[McFetridge is] a clear disciple of Elmore Leonard . . . a fun read." Publishers Weekly
ECW Press, 9781550229776, 265pp.
Publication Date: March 1, 2012
About the Author
JOHN MCFETRIDGE, author of Dirty Sweet, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, and Swap, became fascinated with crime when attending a murder trial at age 12 with his police officer brother. He lives in Toronto with his family and blogs at johnmcfetridge.blogspot.com.
