Order of Joanne Kilbourn Books
Joanne Kilbourn is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by Canadian novelist Gail Bowen. Joanne Kilbourn is a widow, a mother, a political analyst and a university professor. But most important to the series, she is an amateur sleuth. She is based in Saskatchewan, Canada. Several of the books in the series have been adapted to TV movies by Shaftesbury Films, with the title character portrayed by Wendy Crewson.
Gail Bowen debuted her Joanne Kilbourn character in the novel Deadly Appearances, which was published in 1990. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Gail Bowen’s Joanne Kilbourn books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Books
Deadly Appearances | (1990) | |
Murder at the Mendel / Love and Murder | (1991) | |
The Wandering Soul Murders | (1992) | |
A Colder Kind of Death | (1994) | |
A Killing Spring | (1996) | |
Verdict in Blood | (1998) | |
Burying Ariel | (2000) | |
The Glass Coffin | (2002) | |
The Last Good Day | (2004) | |
The Endless Knot | (2006) | |
The Brutal Heart | (2008) | |
The Nesting Dolls | (2010) | |
Kaleidoscope | (2012) | |
The Gifted | (2013) | |
12 Rose Street | (2015) | |
What’s Left Behind | (2016) | |
The Winners’ Circle | (2017) | |
A Darkness of the Heart | (2018) | |
The Unlocking Season | (2020) | |
An Image in the Lake | (2021) | |
What’s Past Is Prologue | (2022) | |
The Legacy | (2023) |
Note: Murder at the Mendel is also known as Love and Murder.