The Gifted: A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery
Aug 2013 · A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Book 14 · Sold by McClelland & Stewart
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The fourteenth book in the Joanne Kilbourn series
Joanne Kilbourn is as feisty as ever in the 14th book of the series that bears her name. This time, Jo and Zack's young daughter Taylor's precocious talent as a painter has drawn the attention of people who may not be at all what they seem . . .
Jo and Zack are both proud and a little concerned when their youngest daughter Taylor whose birth mother was a brilliant but notoriously promiscuous artist—has two paintings chosen for a high-level fund-raising auction. One they've seen; the other, a portrait of a young male artist's model, Taylor has carefully guarded in her studio. Their concern grows when it becomes clear (and quite public) that the young man is the lover of the older socialite who organized the fund-raiser—and whose husband is Zack's old friend.
Soon, an ugly web of infidelity, addiction, and manipulation seems to be weaving itself around the Kilbourn-Shreve family. Jo and Zack are doing their best to keep everyone safe, but when one of the principal players in the drama is found murdered, events begin to spiral, Taylor seems to be drifting further away, and their very darkest fears seem about to be realized.
The Gifted reconfirms Gail Bowen's incomparable ability to interweave the domestic and the dramatic, and to explore the dark side of human nature while ensuring that the life-affirming pillars of family and friendship remain standing.
Joanne Kilbourn is as feisty as ever in the 14th book of the series that bears her name. This time, Jo and Zack's young daughter Taylor's precocious talent as a painter has drawn the attention of people who may not be at all what they seem . . .
Jo and Zack are both proud and a little concerned when their youngest daughter Taylor whose birth mother was a brilliant but notoriously promiscuous artist—has two paintings chosen for a high-level fund-raising auction. One they've seen; the other, a portrait of a young male artist's model, Taylor has carefully guarded in her studio. Their concern grows when it becomes clear (and quite public) that the young man is the lover of the older socialite who organized the fund-raiser—and whose husband is Zack's old friend.
Soon, an ugly web of infidelity, addiction, and manipulation seems to be weaving itself around the Kilbourn-Shreve family. Jo and Zack are doing their best to keep everyone safe, but when one of the principal players in the drama is found murdered, events begin to spiral, Taylor seems to be drifting further away, and their very darkest fears seem about to be realized.
The Gifted reconfirms Gail Bowen's incomparable ability to interweave the domestic and the dramatic, and to explore the dark side of human nature while ensuring that the life-affirming pillars of family and friendship remain standing.
The fourteenth book in the Joanne Kilbourn series
Joanne Kilbourn is as feisty as ever in the 14th book of the series that bears her name. This time, Jo and Zack's young daughter Taylor's precocious talent as a painter has drawn the attention of people who may not be at all what they seem . . .
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GAIL BOWEN was an author, playwright, and educator best known for the acclaimed Joanne Kilbourn mystery series, spanning more than three decades and including twenty-four novels. The first Joanne Kilbourn mystery, Deadly Appearances (1990), was nominated for the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada Best First Novel Award and A Colder Kind of Death (1994) won the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel. In 2018, Bowen was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit and the Grand Master Award of Crime Writers of Canada. In 2009, she received the Derrick Murdoch Award from the Crime Writers of Canada, and in 2008, Reader’s Digest named Bowen Canada’s Best Mystery Novelist. Her plays have been produced across Canada and on CBC Radio. She was associate professor of English at First Nations University of Canada before retiring from teaching. Bowen lived in Regina, Saskatchewan.
GAIL BOWEN was an author, playwright, and educator best known for the acclaimed Joanne Kilbourn mystery series, spanning more than three decades and including twenty-four novels. The first Joanne Kilbourn mystery, Deadly Appearances (1990), was nominated for the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada Best Fi...
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