Russell Quant Mystery: Aloha Candy Hearts (Paperback)

from richardderus

Your attention please, aspiring mystery novelists: If your killer isn't introduced to the reader of your mystery by p50 of a 224+pp book, you are not playing fair with your readers. That is the one and only reason I took a tenth of a star from this fun, breezy, sweet mystery, number six in a seve...

from cameling

We find our intrepid PD from Saskatoon, Russell Quant, engaged to be married. On his way home, he finds himself sitting next to a man who leaves him with a treasure map, after he is murdered at the airport. With the casting of ashes, a wedding to attend and a sister who rubs him up the wrong way ...

from BrianEWilliams

It's an amusing and entertaining murder mystery, like the others in the series. Essentially all of the story takes place in Saskatoon, unlike some of the others which are set in more exotic locales, e.g. Africa. It's also as much about the private detective (and his family & friends) as it is abo...

from richardderus

Your attention please, aspiring mystery novelists: If your killer isn't introduced to the reader of your mystery by p50 of a 224+pp book, you are not playing fair with your readers. That is the one and only reason I took a tenth of a star from this fun, breezy, sweet mystery, number six in a seve...

from LynnB

Let me start by confessing that I don't usually read mysteries. A colleague lent me this book because I'm from Saskatoon and thought I'd enjoy recognizing the places mentioned in the story. Which I did. This is a mystery story complete with a murder and a treasure map. It was well written and pla...