So begins joannes chilling collision with evil in gail bowens riveting third mystery the wandering soul murders joanne is stunned and saddened by the news that the d murder is the last thing on joanne kilbourns mind on a perfect morning in may. Gail bowens joanne kilbourn mysteries have made her one of canadas most popular crime fiction writers the first book in the series deadly appearances 1990 was nominated for the wh smithbooks in canada award for best first novel it was followed by murder at the mendel 1991 the wandering soul murders 1992 a colder kind of death which won the arthur ellis award for best crime . Directed by brad turner with wendy crewson victor garber robin dunne thure riefenstein widowed joanne kilbourn is an ex police officer turned criminology professor her husband ian was the ontario provincial attorney general when he was murdered the murder never solved her current home life is on the most part a happy one except that her eldest son peter has had an on again off again . The wandering soul murders by gail bowen ms paperback 1992 this is my first gail bowen mystery with joanne kilbourn the finding of a dead young girl in a garbage can next to joannes daughters store is followed shortly by the apparent suicide her sons girlfriend christy. Gail bowens joanne kilbourn mysteries have made her one of canadas most popular crime fiction writers the first book in the series deadly appearances 1990 was nominated for the wh smithbooks in canada award for best first novel it was followed by murder at the mendel 1991 the wandering soul murders 1992 a colder kind of death which won the arthur ellis award for best crime