The Endless Knot

by Gail Bowen

Book Overview

The tenth novel in the highly acclaimed Joanne Kilbourn series features the murderous fallout of a tell-all book on the troubled adult children of Canadian celebrities.

When journalist Kathryn Morrissey's sensational book on the lives of thirteen adult children of prominent Canadians is published, one of the parents, Sam Parker, is furious enough to take a pot shot at the author, grazing her shoulder. Charges are laid, and Joanne's new beau,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771013477
• ISBN13: 9780771013478
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

This is my lucky day -- I just discovered Gail Bowen!

As an author, editor and voracious reader, I love to discover Canadian writers. The other day I stumbled upon Gail Bowen and began reading her ever so literary mystery, The Endless Knot. I couldn't put it down. The characters were well developed and imminently likable, the plot was complex but not overly so, in that the ending was entirely believable, and I thoroughly enjoyed the background. Also appreciated Bowen's pop culture references to music and I share her politics and world view. Altogether, this is a wonderful novel about a man who is accused of murdering a journalist who exploits his child's life and that of other adult children in an exposé piece. It makes us think seriously about the ethics of broadcasting, which are so critical in this era (as I write this two days after the Virginia Tech massacre, the role of the media is being debated everywhere. How can they balance the public's right to know with the individual's right to privacy? When does reporting stop being informative and begin to sensationalize or worse, play an active role in contributing to a crisis?) The story is told by Joanne, a divorcee who has just found love again with a cutthroat lawyer who may not share her values. I haven't read the earlier Joanne Kilbourne stories but I just picked up two other pocketbooks in the store this afternoon. Gail Bowen rocks! Sigrid Macdonald in Ottawa