San Juan Solution
Ex-police detective David Dean, his new wife, and his step-father have just opened the Bird Song Bed & Breakfast in Ouray, Colorado. When their first guest turns up dead, and the second fears she may be next, the trio becomes involved in a bizarre search.
- Published
- 2000
- ISBN
- 978-1-890437-52-7
- Pages
- 288
- Place
- Ouray
- Publisher
- Western Reflections Pub. Co.
- Listed at
- $10.74
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About this book
San Juan Solution is a mystery novel set at the Bird Song Bed & Breakfast in Ouray, Colorado. Ex-police detective David Dean, his new wife and his step-father have just opened the inn when their first guest turns up dead. The second guest fears she may be next.
That leaves the trio caught up in what the description calls a bizarre search. The catalogue lists the book as fiction, filed under private investigators and bed and breakfast accommodations. Goodreads names it as one of the David Dean mysteries and dates it to 2000, the year our catalogue also gives, and it is the second book by R. E. Derouin on our list after Time Trial.
Who it is for
This is a novel, so it belongs with readers of small-town mystery fiction set in the Colorado mountains. The setting is Ouray, in the San Juan Mountains, and the detective is a retired policeman running a bed and breakfast with family. Our record carries no review excerpts or plot details beyond the description, so we describe only what that text and the catalogue support. The Derouin author page lists his other book with us.
Ways to use this book
Staying a night in Ouray
If a mystery set in a bed and breakfast makes you curious about the real town, start with the visitor site's lodging and history sections, then pick one museum or ghost town to pair with the trip.
Reading with the setting in mind
Keep the Colorado Encyclopedia county article open while you read. Matching the novel's mountain setting to the real county map makes the story easier to picture, without assuming anything about the plot.
Digging into local history
Anyone who wants the real story behind an Ouray inn or a street name can contact the county historical society and ask what its archives hold before planning a research visit.
Go deeper
The novel is set in Ouray, a Colorado mountain town surrounded by the San Juan Mountains. These three sources cover the real town and county behind the setting, from archives to a visitor guide.
Ouray County Historical Society Archives
Its research center describes photograph and paper archives plus a mining history library, open by appointment. A good place to ask about the town's inns, streets and early residents.
Ouray County in the Colorado Encyclopedia
A reference article on the county's name, geography and mining past, useful for putting the fictional inn in a real landscape.
Visit Ouray: History
The town's visitor site lists history, museums and ghost towns among its sections, which helps when you are planning what to see around the town.
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