The Glass Coffin: A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery (Joanne Kilbourn Mysteries Book 8)

In this chilling tale of the terrible power of the ties that both bind us and blind us, Gail Bowen has given us her best novel yet. Brimming with the author’s characteristic empathy for the troubled, The Glass Coffin explores the depth of tragedy that a camera’s neutral eye can capture – and cause. Canada’s favourite sleuth, Joanne Kilbourn, is dismayed to learn who it is that her best friend, Jill Osiowy, is about to marry. Evan MacLeish may be a celebrated documentary filmmaker, but he’s a cold fish who not only has already lost two wives to suicide, but has exploited their lives – and deaths – by making acclaimed films about them. Not even Jill appears to be particularly fond of him, and Jo is appalled to learn that her friend is marrying Evan primarily to become stepmother to his teenaged daughter, Bryn. Even Bryn hates her father for having filmed her all of her short life. It’s obvious to Joanne that this is stony ground on which to found a marriage. What is not obvious is that it is about to get bloodsoaked. Intelligent, sympathetic, and harder-edged than earlier novels in the Joanne Kilbourn series, The Glass Coffin is the work of a writer at the top of her form. "Joanne Kilbourn is not sure about her friend Jill Osiowy's new fiancé. Evan MacLeish is a celebrated documentary filmmaker whose projects exploit the lives of those closest to him. His two previous wives committed suicide, and Joanne fears the same emotional rigours he put them through await his new wife. Joanne's uncertainty about the marriage turns to alarm when she finds out that Jill is marrying not for love, but to become the step-mother of Evan's daughter, Bryn, whom he has been filming since her birth. When, only hours before the wedding, the best man disappears, Joanne's reservations about the marriage transform into genuine fear for her friend, for Bryn, and ultimately for herself."--Page 4 of cover Sleuth Joanne Kilbourn is dismayed to find out that her friend Jill is marrying filmmaker Evan MacLeish. While he is famous, he has also exploited the lives - and deaths - of the two wives he lost to suicide by making acclaimed films about them. And now, he is on the point of releasing his most potentially explosive film yet, one that features his 17-year-old daughter Bryn