Humbugs in Calgary

What's new in crime - a review of The Humbugs Diet by Robert Majzels

When a creative writing prof turns his hand to murder, you know the results will be anything but ordinary.

With Majzels' fourth novel, this poet, playwright and University of Calgary associate professor takes an innovative and bitterly funny look at aging and death.

At an upscale retirement home in Yonkers, someone is helping the owners get rid of the charity cases occupying rooms that could be leased to higher-paying customers.

But curmudgeonly ex-cop Rotuf Mazal suspects there may be another explanation for the rash of recent deaths. . . .