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A gay wedding gone bad. A missing groom. An unsullied reputation at risk. Enter Russell Quant-cute, gay, and a rookie private detective. With a nose for good wine and bad lies, Quant is off to France on his first big case. From the smudgy streets of Paris, he cajoles and sleuths his way to the pastel-colored promenade of Sanary-sur-Mer.


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Anthony Bidulka is an avid traveller and party-giver. He lives in Saskatoon. This is the second book in his Russell Quant mystery series.

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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Insomniac Press (September 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1894663918
  • ISBN-13: 978-1894663915
  • Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #358,909 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Start of a Wonderful Reading Friendship, October 28, 2005
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Here is Russell Quant's first adventure. In this book you get not only a wonderful mystery that keeps the reader involved from beginning to end, but this is where you first meet the friends that will grow with complexity as this series continues. Re-reading Amuse Bouche after finishing the latest RQ mystery I was taken again by how much I like this sleuth and how the author isn't afraid to make his characters evolve - sometimes on the page, sometimes in our minds - and draw us on to the next book, not only for the simple joy of reading a well-written and witty and thoughtful book, but to see what has happened in the lives of Russell and Errall and Anthony and Sereena and all the others.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Russell Quant Rules, October 14, 2005
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Amuse Bouche is a witty, inventive, attractive beginning to what is turning out to be a terrificly entertaining series that draws you in with each passing page and each passing book and has you reaching out with anticipation of a few good nights of reading whenever you see the next one. Although seemingly set up with all the regular conventions of the mystery genre, the author goes beyond with a unique hero, a bevy of curious characters, interesting locales and a solid mystery to boot. I was right there with Russell, every step of the way.
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5.0 out of 5 stars More than a Mystery, January 10, 2004
The title at first made me wonder, what kind of mystery is this? And I was right to wonder. Although this story (about a groom gone missing from a gay wedding) is a first rate mystery all the way,I sometimes forgot I was reading a mystery. I got to experience the sights and smells, good food and wine of a foreign country. I was immersed in the tale of a tragic love story and later some randy stuff too. I chuckled out loud at some of the hero's quips. Russell Quant is one funny man. I finished Amuse Bouche with the same feeling I get when I've completed a particularly fine meal with a lot of courses and unique flavours. Looking forward to more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars BLOG REVIEW AT COOKING WITH IDEAS
I enjoyed this a lot. Bought it at Lambda Rising in DC. If you do not know the store you should. Meanwhile, a review appears at my blog Cooking with Ideas at [..]
Published 3 months ago by bibliochef

5.0 out of 5 stars Loving it!
Humour, mystery, a bit of sex and exquisite atmospheres. A perfectly concocted recipe. I'm loving it!
Published 9 months ago by Ventura Angelo

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like your mystery mixed with fun and heart - this is for you
With Amuse Bouche, Canadian author Anthony Bidulka set the bar high for his new series (and in reading further novels he's proven himself up to the challenge). Read more
Published 10 months ago by Karen Coo

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful tale of love, jealousy and murder
Anthony Bidulka gives us a gay private investigator, Russell Quant, in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Rainbear

5.0 out of 5 stars Show Boat to Everywhere
What a grand start to an outstanding series. Mr. Bidulka won the Lambda Literary Award for the second book in this series, Flight of Aquavit - and this is where it all began... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Roland

2.0 out of 5 stars Slow Boat To Nowhere
Boring. Anthony Bidulka has a chatty, readable style that added a second star to my rating. But the characters are dull, the narrative is rambling, and the actual mystery is... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Richard D. Stewart

4.0 out of 5 stars Entcing Mystery Series
I didn't know this author before I saw the add for his latest book Sundowner: Ubuntu, so I decided to start with the first novel and work my way up. Read more
Published 18 months ago by J. Repetto

4.0 out of 5 stars Another terrific Russell Quant mystery
This was the third of the Russell Quant mysteries I read. The second one was "Tapas on the Ramblas", which took place on a cruise ship, and as I had just finished a Mediterranean... Read more
Published on October 3, 2007 by Lloyd G. Kay

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great & Original Mystery Series
I was pleasantly suprised by the first book in the Russell Quant mystery series. An intersesting unstereotypical Gay PI as the main character, original plotting w/ plenty of... Read more
Published on August 23, 2007 by J. Grigg

4.0 out of 5 stars Great debut from Bidulka
To make it short, I'll just go through the parts I liked and those I didn't.

Good: The Saskatoon setting, through which I became aquainted with an entire city I would... Read more
Published on November 13, 2006 by book junkie

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