Synopses & Reviews
Joanne Kilbourn is looking forward to a relaxing weekend at the lake with her children and her new grandchild when murder once more wreaks havoc in Regina, Saskatchewan. A young colleague at the university where Joanne teaches is found stabbed to death in the basement of the library.
Ariel Warren was a popular lecturer among the students and staff, and her violent death shocks - and divides - Reginas small and fractious academic community. Kevin Coyle, a professor earlier accused of sexual harassment, is convinced the murder is connected to his case, even as Ariels long-time lover, Charlie Dowhanuik, a radio talk-show host, seems to point the finger at himself in his on-air comments on the day of the murder.
Aghast at Charlies indiscretion, his father, Howard, asks his old friend Joanne for her help. But before Joanne has a chance to start searching for the truth, she is scorched by the white-hot anger of militant feminists on campus when a vigil for the dead woman turns ugly. Instead of a tribute to Ariels life, the vigil becomes an angry protest about violence against women. Some of the women there are certain they know who killed Ariel, and they are out for vengeance.
The everyday family problems and joys Joanne Kilbourn experiences as she solves baffling murder cases have endeared her to a growing number of fans, as have the television movies, starring Wendy Crewson as Joanne. The seventh novel in Gail Bowens much-loved series, Burying Ariel offers readers an imaginative, compassionate, and, above all, challenging mystery.
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Praise for the Joanne Kilbourn Series:
Deadly Appearances
“Gail Bowen has written a compelling novel infused with a subtext thats both inventive and diabolical. Her future as a crime writer is no mystery.”
–Montreal Gazette
Murder at the Mendel
“A third of the novel is a tense, masterfully written character study; then the killings begin…Bold and powerful.”
–Publishers Weekly
The Wandering Soul Murders
“Bowens best book to date.…She pulls her complicated story together around a shocking and all-too-realistic secret”
–Globe and Mail
A Colder Kind of Death
“A delightful blend of vicious murder, domestic interactions, and political infighting that is guaranteed to entertain.”
–Quill & Quire
A Killing Spring
“A page-turner. More than a good mystery novel, it is a good novel, driving the reader deeper into a character who grows more interesting and alive with each book.”
–LOOKwest
Verdict in Blood
“Once again, Canadas sleuth scores with readers. Bowen reaches out to grab her audience with her first sentence of this page-turner and she doesnt let go until her satisfying conclusion.”
–Canadian Press
From the Hardcover edition.