New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Insomniac P
07 Jan-March
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Insomniac P
JAN-MARCH 07
Anthony Bidulka
Amuse Bouche: A Russell Quant Mystery
Pbk published February 2007 by Insomniac P at £4.99
ISBN: 1894663918
A gay wedding gone bad, a missing groom, an unsullied reputation at risk - enter Russell Quant, cute, gay and a rooky private detective. With a nose for good wine and bad lies, Russell Quant is off to France on his first big case. From the smudgy streets of Paris, he cajoles and sleuths his way - surprise, surprise - to the pastel-coloured promenade of Sanary-sur-Mer. Back in Saskatoon, Russell comes face to face with a client who may be the bad guy, a quarry who turns up in the most unexpected place and a cast of colourful suspects. The vile sister, the best friend, the colleague, the ex-lover, the lawyer, the priest, the snoopy neighbour - are they involved? Or is someone else lurking in the shadows? As he works through his case, Russell juggles his detective gig with the responsibilities of a personal life brimful of captivating personalities. Comical and serious (when appropriate), Anthony Bidulka gives readers an adventure full of memorable characters cast in a variety of novel locales. Taking a cue from the style and humour of Robert B Parker, and evoking Armistead Maupin with his wit and warmth, Bidulka's "Amuse Bouche" is a rich, saucy and engaging read.
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Anthony Bidulka
Stain of the Berry
Pbk published January 2007 by Insomniac P at £9.95
ISBN: 1897178247
Everyone has their Boogeyman. But who - or what - is scaring Saskatoon locals to death? Private detective Russell Quant is roused from sleep only to fall into a nightmare case when the family of a suicide victim hires him to uncover the real cause of death. But what is real and what is imaginary? Quant works to narrow his list of suspects only to find the number of victims growing. Russell is mystified as the trail of fear connects him to a vast landscape of people, including an elegant potash miner, dubious trailer park denizens, reticent farm folk, the Pink Gopher choir, and a gaseous psychiatrist. Compounding Quant's bewilderment is the complete and perfect disappearance of his once very real friend, Sereena, who has become a ghost he simply can't find. With the Boogeyman always a few paces ahead, Russell struggles to keep the hounds of failure from baying. Travelling from Saskatchewan's summer storms to the menacing Lotus Land of Vancouver, he finally touches down in the Canadian Arctic, where tragic hope resides. Russell returns home to bully attacks, a desperate chase through midnight woods, and a sadistic abduction. As Quant penetrates the truth of the Boogeyman, he finds himself on a perilous suspension bridge between idyllic childhood and grown-up violence.
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