A Colder Kind of Death

Forty-nine year-old Joanne Kilbourne, Mom and university professor, hasn't come to terms with the murder of her soulmate husband, Ian. A teenager was jailed for killing him in the presence of a girlfriend six years ago. His shooting jerks an avalanche of angles and personages out into the open, that were unbeknownst before. This fourth mystery is as personal as it could be and should be read in sequence, to appreciate the relatives and friends that surround this political-savvy sleuth.Joanne is a refreshingly Canadian sleuth; neither from an expected urban city, nor from an author's idyllic town whimsy. Gail Bowen represents typical Canadian life of central Canada: moderate-sized cities and the exquisite, sky-spanning environs of our prairies.