Verdict in Blood (31 page)
Authors: Gail Bowen
“I do too,” Hilda said. “It gives the moment a sense of importance.”
“Okay,” Wayne J. said. “Here goes.” He grabbed the corner of the towel between his thumb and forefinger. “This is a present from Tina and from all of us at Culhane House. Hilda chose the words. They’re from Proverbs.” He flicked aside the towel to reveal a creamy marble headstone. On it were chiselled Justine’s full name and a simple inscription:
THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED
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GAIL BOWEN’s first Joanne Kilbourn mystery,
Deadly Appearances
(1990), was nominated for the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada Best First Novel Award. It was followed by
Murder at the Mendel
(1991),
The Wandering Soul Murders
(1992),
A Colder Kind of Death
(1994) (which won an Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel),
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), and
The Nesting Dolls
(2010). In 2008
Reader’s Digest
named Bowen Canada’s Best Mystery Novelist; in 2009 she received the Derrick Murdoch Award from the Crime Writers of Canada. Bowen has also written plays that have been produced across Canada and on CBC Radio. Now retired from teaching at First Nations University of Canada, Gail Bowen lives in Regina. Please visit the author at
www.gailbowen.com
.