J. A. Jance

From New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, a suspenseful mystery from the creator of Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady and Seattle homicide detective J. P. Beaumont.

A woman is cruelly cut down in a remote corner of Arizona, killed on her nineteenth wedding anniversary by a drunk motorist.? A year later, the driver himself dies badly, and all suspicions point to the slain woman's still-grieving husband as his murderer. But the truth is rarely black and white in the long Southwestern shadows, and one law officer is not rushing to condemn the tragic widower so quickly: Joanna Brady, Sheriff of Cochise County. Brady's convictions, however, are leading her on a twisted trail through inhospitable country--and setting her on a path that will bring her face-to-face with cold, calculating death in the high, lonely desert.

When drug dealers murdered her lawman husband, Joanna Brady vowed she would carry on his good work no matter what the cost. With grit, courage, and dogged determination, she challenged the status quo--and won. Now, as newly elected Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, she must battle the prejudice and hostility of a mistrustful, male-dominated police force and solve a grisly double homicide that threatens to tear the sleepy desert community to pieces. For the two bodies baking in the harsh Southwestern sun are connected by sinister threads that reach back generations--and by devastating family secrets of greed, hatred, and shocking abuse that could destroy the innocent along with the guilty.

A cop lies dying beneath the blistering Arizona sun--a local lawman who may well have become the next sheriff of Cochise County. The police brass claim that Andy Brady was dirty, and that his shooting was a suicide attempt. Joanna Brady, his devoted wife and mother of their nine-year-old daughter, knows a cover-up when she hears one . . . and murder when she sees it. But her determined efforts to hunt down an assassin and clear her husband's name are placing Joanna and her surviving family in harm's way--because in the desert, the one thing more lethal than a rattler's bite . . . is the truth.

At first glance, it appears to be an accident . . .A car carrying an elderly couple goes off the side of a mountain and tumbles into oblivion on a beautiful sunny day in the Coronado National Monument. A note pulled from the twisted wreckage suggests the tragedy may have been a double suicide--but an autopsy later suggests something different. A deadly fire and a fatal home invasion may or may not have some connection to the terrible crash. And miles away in the desert, a savage rain has revealed something grisly and terrifying: two trash bags filled with human remains.It's just another day in the life of Cochise County sheriff Joanna Brady, who must somehow balance the rigors of police work with a newborn, a teenager, a writer-husband, and a difficult mother. But Joanna will not allow murder to go unpunished in her jurisdiction--even if her path to the truth is twisting and dangerous . . . and leads to shocking revelations about those entrusted with caring for the helpless.

From New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, a suspenseful mystery from the creator of Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady and Seattle homicide detective J. P. Beaumont.

Second spine-tingling tale of suspense to feature sassy amateur sleuth Ali Reynolds

The murder of an ex-drug dealer ex-con--gunned down on his mother's doorstep--seems just another turf war fatality. Why then has Seattle homicide investigator J.P. Beaumont been instructed to keep this assignment hush-hush? Meanwhile, Beau's lover and fellow cop, Mel Soames, is involved in her own confidential investigation. Registered sex offenders from all over Washington State are dying at an alarming rate--and not all due to natural causes.A metropolis the size of Seattle holds its fair share of brutal crime, corruption, and dirty little secrets. But when the separate trails they're following begin to shockingly intertwine, Beau and Mel realize that they have stumbled onto something bigger and more frightening than they anticipated--a deadly conspiracy that's leading them to lofty places they should not enter . . . and may not be allowed to leave alive.

A suspenseful mystery with heart featuring Sheriff Joanna Brady, from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance.

"New York Times" bestselling author J.A. Jance brings back Sheriff Joanna Brady who is investigating a heinous crime with roots deep in the past.

A stunning and suspenseful mystery featuring Seattle homicide detective J. P. Beaumont, from New York Times bestselling author J.A.Jance Homicide Investigator J.P. 'Beau' Beaumont had heard of Repressed Memory Syndrome but he didn't expect it from a middle-aged nun…especially when the memory in question sounds like a particularly grisly case from a 50-year-old unsolved murders file. 'Beau' has troubles of his own. His partner and close friend, Ron, is prime suspect in the slaying of his ex-wife and Beau's barred from the investigation. Meanwhile Ron's new family is sliding into chaos. But Beau doesn't even know he's got problems. His cold case has got unexpectedly hot. And as he uncovers more deadly secrets, a powerful conspiracy is gathering against him that will go to any lengths to protect their legacy of crime…

Coping with the impending arrival of her second child, Sheriff Joanna Brady is suddenly confronted with the killing of an ex-con, who had served twenty years in prison for the killing of his pregnant wife, and a vicious attack on one of her female officers who had been on an unauthorized stakeout. (Mystery & Detective)

Investigating a long-unsolved murder when a nun witness uncovers blocked memories, Special Homicide Investigation Team member J. P. Beaumont infiltrates a band of powerful conspirators who will go to any lengths to hide the truth, in a case that is complicated when his former partner is charged with murder. Reprint.

A shocking and electrifying thriller from this New York Times bestselling author