Desert Heat (Joanna Brady Mysteries, Book 1) - Hardcover

Jance, Ja

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0727861158 ISBN 13: 9780727861153

Publisher: Severn House, 2004

Synopsis

A Joanne Brady mystery
Andy Brady was a good husband and candidate for Sheriff - until a bullet destroyed his future. Now the police are claiming he was a maverick whose involvement in drug-running drove him to suicide. But Andy's wife, Joanna, knows a cover-up whenshe sees one, and her obsessive hunt for a killer threatens to place both her and her daughter in jeopardy.

About this title

About the Author:

J. A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the J. P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, the Ali Reynolds series, and five interrelated thrillers about the Walker family, as well as a volume of poetry. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.

From Publishers Weekly:

Jance ( Hour of the Hunter ) has created a taut and poignant mystery. Joanna Brady finds her husband, Andy, shot in the Arizona desert on the night of their tenth wedding anniversary. But this, and Andy's subsequent suspicious death in the hospital, is only the beginning of the destruction of the comfortable world of Joanna and her nine-year-old daughter, Jenny. The police decide that Andy, a sheriff's deputy, tried to commit suicide. He is further implicated as the hit man in a mob rub-out and fingered as a crooked cop with drug-cartel connections. Even his personal life is dragged through the mud, as allegations of an extramarital affair surface. Neither mother nor daughter is spared from the brutality of the accusations: the DEA comes after Joanna, while schoolmates taunt Jenny. All the while, Jance cross-cuts to the contract killer who shot Andy. The conclusion features a classic confrontation, but the post-showdown ending seems trite. Until that moment, however, Jance's tale crackles with tension. Joanna's struggle and pain are affecting; Jance writes with an understanding that character is destiny.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Severn House
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0727861158
• ISBN 13: 9780727861153
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256