Gifted (A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery #14)
Gail Bowen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
3.75
· 8 ratings · 274 pages · Published: 31 Mar 2013
Jo and Zack are both proud and a little concerned when their youngest daughter Taylor -- whose birth mother was a brilliant but notoriously promiscuous artist -- has two paintings chosen for a high-level fund-raising auction. One they've seen; the other, a portrait of a young male artist's model, Taylor has carefully guarded in her studio. Their concern grows when it becomes clear (and quite public) that the young man is the lover of the older socialite who organized the fund-raiser -- and whose husband is Zack's old friend.
Soon, an ugly web of infidelity, addiction, and manipulation seems to be weaving itself around the Kilbourn-Shreve family. Jo and Zack are doing their best to keep everyone safe, but when one of the principal players in the drama is found murdered, events begin to spiral, Taylor seems to be drifting further away, and their very darkest fears seem about to be realized.
The Gifted reconfirms Gail Bowen's incomparable ability to interweave the domestic and the dramatic, and to explore the dark side of human nature while ensuring that the life-affirming pillars of family and friendship remain standing.
Tagged as:
- mystery 3
- crime 3
- female mc 3
- family 2
- cozy 2
- amateur sleuth 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- murder 2
- format - reader age
- book 1
- adult fiction 1
romance tags
crime tags
literary-fiction tags
historical-fiction tags
fantasy tags
sci-fi tags
action-adventure tags
thriller tags
horror tags
Collections/Custom tags
The 'A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery' series
3.69 · 26 ratings
adult · cozy · fiction · mystery · female-mc · crime · book · family · amateur-sleuth · murder · domestic-drama
A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery reading order and complete book list ❯