- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (Aug 12 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0771016875
- ISBN-13: 978-0771016875
- Product Dimensions: 16.1 x 2.7 x 25.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #268,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“This is definitely one of her best Joanne Kilbourn novels.”
— Globe and Mail
“The Brutal Heart is highly enjoyable.”
— National Post
“The politics are particularly gripping.”
— Edmonton Journal
“It’s a compelling political thriller, as topical as the day’s headlines and compulsive reading. . . . The story culminates in a surprising, explosive ending.” — Kitchener-Waterloo Record
“The book does what better crime fiction always does — bring the evil that we would rather not look at up close to our own world.”
— ReviewingTheEvidence.com
“A page-turning and enjoyable read.”
— Quill & Quire
— Globe and Mail
“The Brutal Heart is highly enjoyable.”
— National Post
“The politics are particularly gripping.”
— Edmonton Journal
“It’s a compelling political thriller, as topical as the day’s headlines and compulsive reading. . . . The story culminates in a surprising, explosive ending.” — Kitchener-Waterloo Record
“The book does what better crime fiction always does — bring the evil that we would rather not look at up close to our own world.”
— ReviewingTheEvidence.com
“A page-turning and enjoyable read.”
— Quill & Quire
Product Description
The bestselling Gail Bowen returns with a gripping story of marriage, politics, sex, and murder.
With a general election just weeks away, Joanne Kilbourn is following the campaign of Ginny Monaghan, a woman who has her eyes set on the leadership of the federal Conservative Party and whose success depends, not so much on the election-day poll, but on the outcome of a custody battle she’s fighting with her ex. Joanne thinks this is perfect material for a TV program she’s putting together on women and party politics. Happy to be back in the political fray that used to be her life during her first marriage, Joanne is soon also glad of the distraction it provides. A local call girl has been murdered — a woman whose regular clientele included several of Regina’s most prominent lawyers, including — until he met Joanne — her own husband, Zach Shreve.
Her new marriage creaking under the strain of this revelation, Joanne throws herself into her project — and into finding out why the dead woman had started to threaten her clients with blackmail, an investigation that leads to the truth — and to death.
In The Brutal Heart, Bowen expertly mixes the ingredients of marriage, family, politics, and murder into a constantly surprising and compulsively readable story.
With a general election just weeks away, Joanne Kilbourn is following the campaign of Ginny Monaghan, a woman who has her eyes set on the leadership of the federal Conservative Party and whose success depends, not so much on the election-day poll, but on the outcome of a custody battle she’s fighting with her ex. Joanne thinks this is perfect material for a TV program she’s putting together on women and party politics. Happy to be back in the political fray that used to be her life during her first marriage, Joanne is soon also glad of the distraction it provides. A local call girl has been murdered — a woman whose regular clientele included several of Regina’s most prominent lawyers, including — until he met Joanne — her own husband, Zach Shreve.
Her new marriage creaking under the strain of this revelation, Joanne throws herself into her project — and into finding out why the dead woman had started to threaten her clients with blackmail, an investigation that leads to the truth — and to death.
In The Brutal Heart, Bowen expertly mixes the ingredients of marriage, family, politics, and murder into a constantly surprising and compulsively readable story.
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This review is from: The Brutal Heart (Hardcover)
Gail Bowen, one of Canada's premier crime novelists, adds another gem to the star-studded Joanne Kilbourn series. This time the feisty Saskatchewan reporter from Regina finds herself in the middle of a controversy with a local Conservative MP whose estranged husband has turned up dead at election time. Ginny Monaghan herself is at the centre of innuendos about her recent sexual escapades. The death of a high-priced call girl shocks this prairie city and reveals tangled roots. Who's on her extensive client list? With common sense and uncommon Canadian elan, Joanne juggles both family troubles and a new marriage with high-power lawyer Zack Shreve, a man whose wheelchair is a chariot of power.
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Another Winner for Bowen,
By Lou Allin "Islander" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Brutal Heart (Paperback)
Gail Bowen, one of Canada's premier crime novelists, adds another gem to the star-studded Joanne Kilbourn series. This time the feisty Saskatchewan reporter from Regina finds herself in the middle of a controversy with a local Conservative MP whose estranged husband has turned up dead at election time. Ginny Monaghan herself is at the centre of innuendos about her recent sexual escapades. The death of a high-priced call girl shocks this prairie city and reveals tangled roots. Who's on her extensive client list? With common sense and uncommon Canadian elan, Joanne juggles both family troubles and a new marriage with high-power lawyer Zack Shreve, a man whose wheelchair is a chariot of power.
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