Gare Joyce

This is a very good but not great mystery novel about an ex NHL hockey player and now scout who hears that one of his ex teammates has committed suicide. He and his friend and associate "The Chief" (a first nations Canadian) decide to pay their respects. While there they are approached by the players wife who says that she believes it wasn't suicide and that something darker was going on instead. Therein lies the rub and the story is about the unraveling of what really happened. The book is fast paced and well written but there is nothing particularly unique or earth shattering about the plot or the ultimate solution to the mystery.… (mere)

This is a very good but not great mystery novel about an ex NHL hockey player and now scout who hears that one of his ex teammates has committed suicide. He and his friend and associate "The Chief" (a first nations Canadian) decide to pay their respects. While there they are approached by the players wife who says that she believes it wasn't suicide and that something darker was going on instead. Therein lies the rub and the story is about the unraveling of what really happened. The book is fast paced and well written but there is nothing particularly unique or earth shattering about the plot or the ultimate solution to the mystery.… (mere)