What’s Past Is Prologue
A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery
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Publisher Description
From Arthur Ellis Award–winning Grand Master of Crime Writers comes the newest installment in the Joanne Kilbourn series
When Libby Hogarth, the go-to lawyer for the rich or famous who have committed heinous crimes, comes to Regina to deliver the prestigious Mellohawk Lecture, she is met with a torrent of hostility and misinformation. Libby Hogarth had successfully defended Jared Delio, a wildly popular national radio host, against charges of sexual abuse brought against him by three Regina women. Her no-holds-barred cross-examination of the women stirred up a rage that still smolders.
Zack and Joanne Shreve’s commitment to protect Libby goes beyond the fact that in defending Delio, Libby had simply applied the principles at the root of the justice system. Zack and Libby share a history. They were the last two students to article with Fred C. Harney, a brilliant alcoholic lawyer who changed both their lives. Sawyer MacLeish, Libby’s associate, was like a much-loved third son to Joanne when he was growing up, and she fears that Sawyer will suffer collateral damage from any attack on Libby.
Joanne’s fears are not groundless, and when the inevitable happens, Joanne, Zack, and their extended family must pick up the pieces.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We love Gail Bowen’s mysteries starring Regina lawyer Joanne Kilbourn, not just due to their courtroom fireworks but also because Bowen’s cozy, relatable characters and explorations of hot-button topics feel instantly familiar. (Feel free to start with this book even if you’ve never read the others!) Saskatchewan’s capital may be a bustling city, but sometimes its legal community feels like a small town. Defense lawyer Libby Hogarth got a controversial radio host cleared of rape charges several years ago, and ever since then has been targeted on social media and in real life. Now in the midst of another high-profile case, Libby asks her old friend Joanne for help. But Joanne’s close with not just Libby, but also to another lawyer on the case—and the defendant. Bowen writes like a mixture of John Grisham and Nancy Meyers, combining tense legal mysteries with women who are unapologetically living their best lives. (Joanne and her fellow-lawyer husband, Zack, are seriously Relationship Goals.) The results are exciting, thought-provoking, and fun.
