The Early Investigations of Joanne Kilbourn [Paperback]

Gail Bowen (Author)

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Publication Date: September 7, 2004

Award-winning mystery writer Gail Bowen’s first three masterful mysteries featuring amateur sleuth Joanne Kilbourn are now collected in a single volume. In Deadly Appearances, a successful politician sips his water before a speech at a picnic on a sweltering August afternoon and, within seconds, he is dead; in Murder at the Mendel, Joanne’s childhood friend may have a far more complicated, far more sordid, and far more deadly past than Joanne knows about; and in The Wandering Soul Murders, a centre for street kids holds a dark and disturbing secret, forcing Joanne to act when her own children are drawn into a web of intrigue that will leave you breathless.

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Award-winning mystery writer Gail Bowen's first three masterful mysteries featuring amateur sleuth Joanne Kilbourn are now collected in a single volume. In Deadly Appearances, a successful politician sips his water before a speech at a picnic on a sweltering August afternoon and, within seconds, he is dead; in Murder at the Mendel, Joanne's childhood friend may have a far more complicated, far more sordid, and far more deadly past than Joanne knows about; and in The Wandering Soul Murders, a centre for street kids holds a dark and disturbing secret, forcing Joanne to act when her own children are drawn into a web of intrigue that will leave you breathless.

About the Author

With her Joanne Kilbourn mystery series, Gail Bowen has become “a name to reckon with in Canadian mystery letters” (Edmonton Journal). The first book in the series, Deadly Appearances, which was published in 1990, was nominated for the W.H. Smith-Books in Canada award for best first novel. It was followed by Murder at the Mendel (1991), The Wandering Soul Murders (1992), A Colder Kind of Death (which won the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel of 1995), and A Killing Spring (1996). Gail Bowen is also head of the English Department at the First Nations University of Canada.


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Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (September 7, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0771014678
• ISBN-13: 978-0771014673
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.6 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,131,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars New for me Canadian author, February 6, 2012

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This review is from: The Early Investigations of Joanne Kilbourn (Paperback)

Gail Bowen is a new for me Canadian author who's going on my 'must buy' list. Disclosure: I've only finished the first of these three novels, Deadly Appearances. In this first of a series, political analyst Joanne Kilbourn witnesses her friend and political hopeful Andy Boychuk poisoned before her eyes on a hot August afternoon in Saskatchewan. She begins researching Andy's biography and discovers his secret past, making her the killer's next target.

Well written and thoughtful, Bowen's novel takes us through Saskatchewan, a province I knew little about, and into the world of regional Canadian politics. Normally I run fast from anything political, but this time I was intrigued. Joanne and her friends touched my heart. Geesh. Politicians I can actually like. Incredible.

As soon as I finish the next two novels in this package, I'll be looking for more . . .