Kaleidoscope Paperback by Gail Bowen

Product Details

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (2013-04-23)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 336 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780771016745
• Item Weight: 260.82 grams
• Dimensions: 7.94 x 5.19 x 0.85 cm

 A Globe and Mail bestseller in its first week, the thirteenth in Gail Bowen's beloved Joanne Kilbourn mystery series is the best of them all: very bad things happen very close to home, and Joanne may never be quite the same again.

     "Security for any one of us lies in greater abundance for all of us." For many years, this was the core of Joanne's political beliefs, but for a number of reasons, she has drifted away from it. But soon after she retires from her university teaching post, Joanne is forced to experience its truth. Two groups -- developers with a vision for a revitalized neighbourhood on one side, protestors who fear gentrification will further marginalize their community on the other -- are close to war and Joanne and Zack have loved ones on both sides. One night their house is blown up, and that is only the first of several terrible incidents that force Joanne to consider what it means to live in a world where she can count on nothing.

About the Author

GAIL BOWEN's first Joanne Kilbourn mystery, Deadly Appearances, was nominated for the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada Best First Novel Award; A Colder Kind of Death won the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel; and, most recently, The Winners' Circle, has been named a finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel. Sleuth: Gail Bowen on Writing Mysteries has been met with enthusiasm by critics and readers. In 2018, Bowen was recognized with the Crime Writers of Canada Grand Master Award and invested with the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the province's highest honour. She has also written plays that have been produced across Canada and on CBC Radio. Now retired from teaching at the First Nations University, Gail Bowen lives in Regina, Saskatchewan. Visit her at gailbowen.com.