The Gifted (Joanne Kilbourn Mystery) - Hardcover

Praise for "Kaleidoscope:
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"I love this series... This book brings [Joanne] back to her conscience and her past, and Bowen does it all with panache."
--Margaret Cannon, "Globe and Mail"
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""[Bowen is] one of the finest [writers] in Canada. "Kaleidoscope" . . . work[s] at all levels."
--"Hamilton Spectator"

National Bestseller
"The Gifted" offers all the reliable Bowen virtues deftly drawn characters, unusual twists and turns of plot, plenty of authentic details about contemporary Canadian life, and, of course, the irrepressible and genteel upper-middle class sleuth, Joanne Kilbourn. "The Gifted" can fairly be said to confirm Bowen s growing reputation as the queen of Canadian crime fiction. . . . [It] will undoubtedly invite a fresh wave of new readers into the wonderfully crafted world of Gail Bowen s mystery fiction.
"Winnipeg Free Press"
[Joanne s husband Zack s] legal advice, and his contacts, come in handy through the novel s eruptions of theft, murder, blackmail and surprise. He s a handy family support for Joanne as she juggles the needs of not only a community, but more immediately of the friends and most immediately of the family members she wants to keep safe for their own full, happy lives. As usual, this is no small trick, for even the most experienced protagonist of whom in all of Canadian crime, Joanne and her creator are among the most dependably enduring.
Joan Barfoot, "London Free Press"
It s [Joanne and Zack s daughter] Taylor who innocently sets off the chain of action that leads to murder [and] becomes the girl readers can t help cheering on. . . . [She s] an adorable heroine.
Jack Batten, the "Toronto Star"
Bowen s prose is straight-forward, and the essential set-up an amateur drawn into a murder investigation fairly conventional, but Bowen uses these sturdy building blocks with skill and inspiration. The result is less a murder mystery and more a character study sketched out with blunt objects and gray matter.
"Publishers Weekly
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National Bestseller
The Gifted offers all the reliable Bowen virtues deftly drawn characters, unusual twists and turns of plot, plenty of authentic details about contemporary Canadian life, and, of course, the irrepressible and genteel upper-middle class sleuth, Joanne Kilbourn. The Gifted can fairly be said to confirm Bowen s growing reputation as the queen of Canadian crime fiction. . . . [It] will undoubtedly invite a fresh wave of new readers into the wonderfully crafted world of Gail Bowen s mystery fiction.
Winnipeg Free Press
[Joanne s husband Zack s] legal advice, and his contacts, come in handy through the novel s eruptions of theft, murder, blackmail and surprise. He s a handy family support for Joanne as she juggles the needs of not only a community, but more immediately of the friends and most immediately of the family members she wants to keep safe for their own full, happy lives. As usual, this is no small trick, for even the most experienced protagonist of whom in all of Canadian crime, Joanne and her creator are among the most dependably enduring.
Joan Barfoot, London Free Press
It s [Joanne and Zack s daughter] Taylor who innocently sets off the chain of action that leads to murder [and] becomes the girl readers can t help cheering on. . . . [She s] an adorable heroine.
Jack Batten, the Toronto Star
Bowen s prose is straight-forward, and the essential set-up an amateur drawn into a murder investigation fairly conventional, but Bowen uses these sturdy building blocks with skill and inspiration. The result is less a murder mystery and more a character study sketched out with blunt objects and gray matter.
Publishers Weekly

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GAIL BOWEN's first Joanne Kilbourn mystery, Deadly Appearances(1990), was nominated for the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada Best First Novel Award, andA Colder Kind of Death(1995) won the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel; all 13 books in the series have been enthusiastically reviewed. In 2008Reader's Digestnamed Bowen Canada's Best Mystery Novelist; in 2009 she received the Derrick Murdoch Award from the Crime Writers of Canada. Bowen has also written plays that have been produced across Canada and on CBC Radio. Now retired from teaching at the First Nations University, Bowen lives in Regina. www.gailbowen.com."