QUANT — Anthony Bidulka: A tender, twisty entry in the Russell Quant series

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QUANT | Kirkus Reviews BOOK LIST 20 Best Books To Read in September 0 shop now amazon bookshelf Awards & Accolades Our Verdict GET IT QUANT RUSSELL QUANT MYSTERY #9 by Anthony Bidulka ‧ RELEASE DATE: bookshelf shop now amazon Awards & Accolades Our Verdict GET IT In Bidulka's novel, the titular detective visits his ailing mother's Saskatchewan farm and becomes embroiled in an investigation into local malfeasance and murder. Russell Quant, now approaching his 55th birthday, is confronting the painful fact that his 84-year-old mother, Kay, is showing signs of increasing dementia.

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• He visits her farmhouse to begin sorting out her lifetime's worth of assorted possessions.

What to take from it

Bidulka's ninth entry in his Russell Quant detective series offers a twisty mystery with enough red herrings to keep readers engaged. 29, 2026 Enough clues, red herrings, and false endings to make readers feel that the Orient Express has put out to sea. Enough clues, red herrings, and false endings to make readers feel that the Orient Express has put out to sea.

Example or evidence

• Kay is paying a condolence call to her friend Cecilia (CeeCee) Toth, whose husband, Clem, has recently died.
• Quant heads over to CeeCee's house, where he learns that Clem left a suicide text on CeeCee's phone—the message includes a confession about committing some sort of crime.
• Quant also learns that two weeks before Clem's death, somebody sprayed poison over all the plants in some greenhouses in the neighboring town.
• So, Quant and his investigative partner, JP Taine (who's also his husband), have their next case.

Details worth keeping

30, 2026 Entertaining and tender, with a charming protagonist. CeeCee also owns a greenhouse, and when the police discover empty containers of Roundup in CeeCee and Clem's yard, they assume that Clem was getting rid of the competition and, feeling guilty, died by suicide—but CeeCee is convinced he was murdered. It's also a touching tale of an adult coming to terms with the gradual mental decline of a beloved parent.

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