Recommendations For Gail Bowen

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

The Solitary Friend
The Shadow Killer
The Thirteenth Rose
Sleuth: Gail Bowen on Writing Mysteries
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 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
Murder at the Mendel
The Wandering Soul Murders
A Colder Kind of Death
A Killing Spring
Verdict in Blood
Burying Ariel
The Glass Coffin

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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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I picked up the Sgt. Windflower Mysteries by Mike Martin thanks to a suggestion from someone in this

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Peter Grainger’s DC smith series is really good. He has other series too, but the DC Smith books are

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The Ian Rutledge series is outstanding! Charles Todd is actually and mother-son writing duo and I th

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I happened to buy a Peter Robinson book at an airport for the long flight home. I was hooked and hav

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Recommended Books From Gail Bowen Fans

The Mighty Johns: A Novella
Death of a Liar
Make Death Love Me
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I Am the Only Running Footman
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Sons of the Wolf
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Dead on Target: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
P is for Peril
Isle of Dogs
A Killer in King's Cove
Four to Score
The Last Devil to Die
The Stolen Hours
An Old
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Jacket Man
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
Paragon Walk
The Shadow Side
Whisper to the Blood
Still Life
Ropa Vieja
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Faithless: A Novel
Field of Prey
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Murder on the Ile Sordou
Big Driver
Dead Man's Chest
Seeds of Deception: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
The Unlikely Spy
First Family
Brimstone
Self-Defense: An Alex Delaware Novel
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House of Stone
Collateral Damage
Broken Ground
By Its Cover
The Bone Collection: Four Novellas
A Study in Sherlock
Evans to Betsy
The Fly on the Wall
The Levee
Stolen Prey
Below Zero
The Secret Place
Original Sin
Let it Bleed
Assumption
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Rather be the Devil
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Life Support
Revelation
Death of a Master Chef: A Brittany Mystery
S is for Silence
A Great Reckoning
The Summer That Never Was
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One Fine Day You're Gonna Die
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Motive: An Alex Delaware Novel
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Still Life Deluxe Edition
On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service
Started Early
Quitter's Inc.
Fire Sale
A Minute to Midnight
The Ghost Walker
Angel's Bidding
Keystone
Speaking in Bones
Murder on the Serpentine
The Devil's Code
The Hanging Girl
The Marco Effect
Snowblind
Caught
Win
Vesuvius by Night
Stone Rain
B is for Burglar
Agatha Raisin and The Terrible Tourist
The Trees
The Dark Hours
An Incomplete Revenge
The Wizard's Daughter
The Finisher
Back to the Garden
Body of Evidence
Burial of Ghosts
The Spectacular
Suicide Run
Different for Girls
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Other Worlds
Silhouette in Scarlet: A Vicky Bliss Novel of Suspense
Man Overboard
Switchblade
The Rags of Time: A DC Smith Investigation
Gone Missing
The Castlemaine Murders
A Perfect Storm
The Lying Game
The Flood
A Body in the Bathhouse
Callander Square
The Last Word
Going Rogue
The Windsor Protocol
Suffer the Little Children
Agatha Raisin and The Witch of Wyckhadden
No Rest for the Dead
Hallowed Ground: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
Deadly Decisions
Death of a Dustman
The Dark Angel
All Mortal Flesh
Bloody Kin
All the Wicked Girls
Death at the Chateau Bremont
Christmas Crumble: An Agatha Raisin Short Story
A Darker Domain
Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit
Elevator Pitch
A Sudden
Duel to the Death
The Midnight Feast
How the Light Gets In
The Likeness
Deep South
Monday Mourning
Death of a Gossip
The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights
The Silent Girl
The Girl of His Dreams
Send Bygraves
Death of a Hussy
Until Proven Guilty
The Walkers of Dembley
Cain His Brother: A William Monk Novel
Death in Brittany: A Mystery
Past Imperfect
Murder Takes a Vacation
The Purity of Vengeance
The Husband's Secret
The Book of the Dead
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Fool Me Once
A Pattern of Lies
End in Tears
Murder in Paradise
We Begin at the End
The Stranger Diaries
Off the Grid
The Running Grave
Rage
The Price of Love and Other Stories
Falling in Love
Kiss of the Bees
Two of the Deadliest
An Evil Heart
Pray for Silence
Shadows in Bronze
The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie: A Satirical Novella
Killing Raven
A Stranger in Mayfair
Last Man Standing
The Obsidian Chamber
Strip Jack
Inherit the Dead
The Blackhouse
Showstopper
Lie Down with Lions
Broken Harbor
Gone for Good
The Last Detective
The Burning: A Novel
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast: A Mysterious Profile
The Silent Spirit
Death of a Spy
Simply Lies
The September Society
Death with a Double Edge
Bootlegger's Daughter
The Devil's Cave
Almost Midnight
Tall Oaks
Trust Your Eyes
The Grave Maurice
The Thirteenth Rose
Lean Mean Thirteen
The Detective Wore Silk Drawers
Blacklight Blue
Depth Perception
Water Like a Stone
Spider Girl
Christmas Mourning
Incident at Badamaya: A Novel
Death of a Dentist
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The Lake of Darkness
Death in Daylesford
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To Kill a Troubadour
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One False Move
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A Match Made for Murder
So Shall You Reap
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The New Iberia Blues
Home
Saving Emma
Keeper of the Bride
The Last Coyote
A Killing Spring
The Final Detail
Sharp Objects: A Novel
The Executor: A Thriller
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Cover Her Face

“‘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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