A charismatic young woman with a grief amulet disrupts the lives of Joanne and Zack Shreve, harboring a dark secret that threatens to unravel their world. Her relentless determination to dismantle their lives sets the stage for a tense and gripping narrative filled with suspense and unexpected twists. As her influence grows, the couple must confront the shadows of her past and their own vulnerabilities.
The narrative centers on the shared workspace created by the protagonist and Georgie, highlighting their need for collaboration and organization amidst chaos. The presence of Sally Love's old work-table symbolizes connection and accessibility, allowing both characters to engage in their tasks while fostering a sense of partnership. The scene captures a moment of creative activity, with Georgie's arrival bringing an influx of materials that reflects their shared endeavor.
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 – Regina’s 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 Ariel’s 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 Charlie’s 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 Ariel’s 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 Bowen’s much-loved series, Burying Ariel offers readers an imaginative, compassionate, and, above all, challenging mystery.From the Hardcover edition.
Gail Bowen, winner of the 1995 Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel for her last Joanne Kilbourn mystery, A Colder Kind of Death, is back – with her most daring mystery to date.In the horrifying opening paragraph of A Killing Spring, Reed Gallagher, the head of the School of Journalism at the university where Joanne Kilbourn teaches, is found dead in a seedy rooming house. He is dressed in women’s lingerie, with an electric cord around his neck. Suicide, the police say. A clear case of accidental suicide. But for Joanne, who takes on the thankless task of breaking the news to Gallagher’s wife, this death is just the first in a series of misfortunes that rock her life, both professional and personal.A few days after Gallagher’s death, the School of Journalism is vandalized – its offices and computers are trashed, and homophobic graffiti are sprayed everywhere. Then an unattractive and unpopular journalism student in Joanne’s politics class stops coming to school after complaining to an unbelieving Joanne that she’s being sexually harassed. Clearly, all is not as well at the university as Joanne had thought. Nor is all well in her love life after the casual racism of a stranger drives a wedge between Joanne and her lover, Inspector Alex Kequahtooway. To make matters worse, Joanne is unceremoniously fired by her best friend from the weekly political panel on Nationtv, which she’s being doing for years.Badly shaken by these calamities, Joanne struggles to carry cheerfully on. Action, she knows, is better for her than moping. She decides to find out why her student has stopped coming to class, and in doing so, Joanne steps unknowingly into an on-campus world of fear and deceit and murder.From the Hardcover edition.
Joanne Kilbourn wird mit ihrer Vergangenheit konfrontiert, als ein im Gefängnis ermordeter Häftling, der einst ihren Mann tötete, neue Bedrohungen auslöst. Nach einem Eklat bei einer Party entdeckt sie die Leiche von Maureen, der Frau des Häftlings, die mit ihrem Seidenschal erdrosselt wurde.
Joanne Kilbourn ist nicht gerade begeistert, als sie von den Heiratsplänen ihrer besten Freundin Jill erfährt. Evan MacLeish ist ein gefeierter Filmemacher, aber ihrer Meinung nach eiskalt. Er hat bereits zwei Frauen in den Selbstmord getrieben, allerdings nicht ohne vorher ihr Leben - wie ihren Tod - mit der Kamera festzuhalten ...
Kriminalroman. Aus d. Amerikan. v. Tatjana Kruse
Reed Gallagher, unbescholtener Professor an einer kanadischen Universität, wird tot in einer schäbigen Pension gefunden - in Frauenkleidern und mit einem Elektrokabel um den Hals. Ein klarer Fall von Selbstmord, behauptet die Polizei. Für Jill Kilbourne, eine Kollegin des Toten, ist die Nachricht ein großerSchock, bald aber gerät sie selbst in eine Krise: Ihre Unterrichtsräume werden verwüstet, und einer ihrer Studenten verschwindet spurlos. Joanne geht der Such nach - und ihr vertrauter Campus verwandelt sich in eine Welt der Lüge und der Angst.
