“In just three novels — his first two were Dirty Sweet and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere — McFetridge has demonstrated gifts that put him in Elmore Leonard territory as a writer, and make Toronto as gritty and fascinating as Leonard’s Detroit…[McFetridge] is a class act, and he’s creating fictional classics — maybe even that great urban literature of Toronto the critics now and then long for.” — London Free Press

“The magic of the writer’s electric prose lies in his sense of pacing and his ability to create plausible dialogue between characters.” — Scene Magazine

“Readers of gritty, tough and in your face crime novels will enjoy McFetridge’s books. He develops his voice with each one, and his Toronto series gets better and better.” — Crime Fiction Lover

“If you still believe in Toronto the Good, meet J.T. and Vernard McGetty, two main characters in John McFetridge’s crime novel Swap… In some ways this novel is a meditation on Toronto, as viewed by those who make a living either breaking or enforcing the law, and who, in many cases, have seen great changes over three or four decades… it might well serve as an eye-opener to McFetridge’s Canadian readers.” — The National Post

“In Swap, John McFetridge gives readers an in-depth look into the world of organized crime in the form of outlaw biker gangs, and the difficulties law enforcement faces trying to quash them…The tension is palpable and the reader waits for the one spark that will ignite a bloody turf war…Swap’s dialogue displays much of [Elmore] Leonard’s sparkle, and the novel’s terse, staccato prose evokes [Ken] Bruen. But Swap is more than just the sum of its influences. It grabs you by the throat and squeezes until you agree to read just on page, just one more page.” — Quill & Quire