Kaleidoscope Hardcover - 2012

Media reviews

National Bestseller
 
“I love this series… This book brings [Joanne Kilbourn] back to her conscience and her past, and Bowen does it all with panache.”
—Margaret Cannon, The Globe & Mail
 
“Bowen writes beautifully in catching the tone and the minutiae of [Joanne’s] almost flawless familial existence. . . . Keeps readers turning the pages.”
—Jack Batten, Toronto Star
 
“[Gail Bowen is] one of the finest [writers] in Canada.  Kaleidoscope is the 13th Joanne Kilbourn mystery. It’s as fresh and compelling as the first one.”
—Hamilton Spectator
 
“[Bowen asks questions in Kaleidoscope] that really hold the series together, and invite us to fill in past gaps and look forward to future books.”
—National Post
 
 “Bowen is a charming, social-minded writer. I admire her ability to narrate Saskatchewan – it’s beauties and barbarities. As many times as I got excited because I recognized some place from the city I was born in, I was just as ashamed for the us-versus-them tendencies Bowen relates: rich versus poor, white versus aboriginal, family versus business. And yet, the characters Bowen imagines have depth, good intentions that pave the potholed city of Regina. Sure, for marketing sake, Kaleidoscope is a mystery – a good one too. But more so, Bowen is a pundit and socially conscious artist. The commentary and dynamic plot within this novel hold with perfect geometry and colourful ideas viewed through Bowen’s lens.”
— Devin Pacholik, Global News Regina/Patches and Pages blog