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Recommended by Ava Davis

I very much enjoy Gail Bowen, the Joanne Kilbourn series, set in Saskatchewan but not overly Canadia

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Recommended by GS Jemke

I’m a huge fan of the Joanne Kilbourn Shreve books. I’ve read every one, all 22. Joanne, her family

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Books By Gail Bowen

A Darkness of the Heart
The Unlocking Season
Image in the Lake
What's Past Is Prologue
The Legacy
Love You to Death
One Fine Day You're Gonna Die
The Shadow Killer
The Thirteenth Rose
Sleuth: Gail Bowen on Writing Mysteries
Murder at the Mendel
The Wandering Soul Murders
A Colder Kind of Death
A Killing Spring
Verdict in Blood
Burying Ariel
The Glass Coffin
The Last Good Day
The Endless Knot
The Brutal Heart
The Nesting Dolls
Kaleidoscope
The Gifted
12 Rose Street
What's Left Behind
Deadly Appearances
The Winners' Circle

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In Gail Bowen’s Joanne Kilbourn Mysteries, Joanne is a widowed mother, university professor, and amateur sleuth. The wonderfully clever and compassionate protagonist often finds herself solving crimes while balancing challenges in her personal life. The series also explores the social issues and family dynamics prevalent in contemporary Canadian society. What elements of the books do you enjoy the most? Do you find yourself wrapped up in solving the mysteries? Or do the personal and professional challenges Joanne faces engage you more?

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Virgil Flowers protagonist series by John Sandford are excellent. Well written and plot development

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“‘Maybe life’s greatest gift is that we don’t know what’s ahead,’ he said. The stranger’s words were cold comfort but I held them close. They were all I had.”

Gail Bowen, The Winners’ Circle
Hanna Weber
“I really enjoy Gail Bowen’s Joanne Kilbourn mysteries. They’ve got great twists and turns that keep me guessing until the very end. And there’s always a lot to think about afterwards because of the way Bowen weaves in social issues and family relationships into the plots. I end up really caring about the characters and what happens to them.”

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