Judith A Jance
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Cochise County sheriff Joanna Brady reluctantly joins forces with J.P. Beaumont, a member of Washington State's Special Homicide Investigation team, when a promising African-American artist, supposedly under the protection of the government, is murdered shortly after moving to Bisbee, Arizona.
3) The A list
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A threat from her past has Ali Reynolds and her team racing against the clock to stop a ruthless killer.
More than ten years after the abrupt end of her high-profile broadcasting career, Ali Reynolds has made a good life for herself in her hometown of Sedona, Arizona. She has a new house, a new husband, and a flourishing cybersecurity company called High Noon Enterprises, where her team of veritable technological wizards hunts down criminals one...
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 18
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[2018]
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English
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Sheriff Joanna Bradys best intentions to stay on maternity leave take a hit when a serial homicide case rocks Cochise County, dragging her into a far-reaching investigation to bring down a relentless killer in this chilling tale of suspense from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance. This time Sheriff Joanna Brady may expect to see her maternity leave through to completion, but the world has other plans when a serial homicide case surfaces...
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 8
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English
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Seattle detective J. P. Beaumont checks into rehab and finds himself accused of murder when his young roommate, a drug dealer who tried to seduce Beaumont's daughter and impregnated another patient at the center, turns up dead.
"All manner of sinners and sufferers come to the rehab ranch in Arizona when they hit rock bottom. For Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont, there is a deeper level of Hell here: being forced to room with teenage drug dealer Joey...
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 15
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William Morrow
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c2012
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English
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County Sheriff Joanna Brady's worlds collide when her daughter, Jenny, stumbles upon the dead body of her principal, and the search for justice leads to her own door, when the possibility that her daughter may not be what she seems--- especially when a photo from the crime scene ends up on Facebook.
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 17
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English
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While cleaning her dying mother's home, Liza finds a fortune in hundred dollar bills hidden amongst the hoards of books and magazines in every corner. Tracing its origins will take Liza on a journey that will end in Cochise County, where Sheriff Joanna Brady is embroiled in a personal mystery of her own. A man she considers a family friend is found dead at the bottom of a hole in a limestone cavern. Now with the mystery of Liza and the money, Joanna...
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 6
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English
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Sheriff Joanna Brady attempts to catch a serial killer who keeps the victims' scalps as souvenirs and uses a gun stolen from a slain arms dealer's collection as the weapon.
9) Downfall
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 17
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Harper Collins Publishers
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2016
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English
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With a baby on the way, sudden deaths in the family from which to recover, a re-election campaign looming, and a daughter heading off for college, Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady has her hands full when a puzzling new case hits her department, demanding every resource she has at her disposal.
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 3
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Morrow
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[1995]
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English
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Somewhere just outside Phoenix lurks a "peeping tom," a killer. He's abandoning his partially clad victims in the cool, dark desert, terrifying even the most intrepid Arizona women. Enter Joanna Brady, a young widow, and Cochise County's newly elected sheriff. Summoned to a police academy in Phoenix for officer training, she swiftly dodges her chauvinistic instructor for the state's hottest case. But when the killer strikes Joanna's female classmate,...
12) Trial by fury
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 3
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English
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The dead body discovered in a Seattle dumpster was shocking enough -- but equally disturbing was the manner of death. The victim, a high school coach, had been lynched, leaving behind a very pregnant wife to grieve over his passing, and to wonder what dark and disturbing secrets he took to his grave. A homicide detective with twenty years on the job, J.P. Beaumont knows this case is a powder keg and he fears where this investigation will lead him....
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"From J. A. Jance’s New York Times bestselling Brady and Walker novels, federal investigator Dan Pardee, Brandon Walker’s son-in-law, crosses paths with Sheriff Joanna Brady as he traces the bloody path of a merciless serial killer across the Southwest in this intense thriller. Driven by a compulsion that challenges his self-control, the man calling himself Charles Milton prowls the rodeo circuit, hunting young women. He chooses those he believes...
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The highway from Los Angeles to the Palm Springs desert is parched, unforgiving, and deadly. In the suffocating stillness of a car trunk, a man -- his mouth and hands bound with tape -- waits to learn his fate. Fortunately for him, he'll never know. What possible enemy could be bitter enough to commit such a heinous crime? And when will the monster make another move? Ali Reynolds is traveling that same blistering, lonesome highway, looking forward...
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 12
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English
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An electrifying story of vengeance and the sins of a nightmarish past featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont.
The sky above Puget Sound blazes orange, as a burning fishing boat fills the air with acrid smoke . . . and the sickening odor of charred flesh. The terrible death of a Seattle fisherman has raised more questions than answers, opening a Pandora's Box of evil that was kept tightly closed for more than half a century.
...16) Taking the fifth
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 4
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English
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When a man is found murdered, apparently killed by a woman's stiletto heels, Seattle homicide detective J. P. Beaumont uncovers illegal union activities and such elusive clues as a pay stub and a matchbook.
"The Chattanooga Times calls New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance, “One of the best—if not the best,” and this classic suspense masterwork featuring Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont emphatically proves the point. In Taking the...
17) Payment in kind
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 9
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English
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"A riveting novel of dark secrets and murderous rage featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont from the New York Times bestselling author of Betrayal of Trust In death, they were entwined like lovers-a man and a woman hideously slaughtered, then stuffed into a closet in the Seattle School District building. But what appears a cut-and-dried crime of passion, complete with an ideal prime suspect, goes deeper than investigating detective J.P. Beaumont...
18) Damage control
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 13
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English
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Cochise County sheriff Joanna Brady investigates the death of a handicapped woman who had wandered away from a care facility with a suspicious track record and the deaths of an elderly couple who were presumably consenting partners in a suicide pact.
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Walker family volume 1
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English
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"The hunter is free to kill again—and hour by hour, he draws nearer . . . The brilliant psychopath Andrew Carlisle spent only six years in prison for the brutal torture–murder of a young girl of the Tohono O'odham tribe. The testimony of Diana Ladd—a teacher on the reservation—put Carlisle behind bars, and now she can't ignore the dark, mystical signs that say a predator has returned to prowl the Arizona desert. Because no matter where Diana...
20) Trial by fire
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Taking a media relations position with the Yavapai County Police Department, former television journalist Ali Reynolds investigates a subdivision fire and the identity of an injured amnesiac woman, a case that unleashes a family drama and a remorseless killer.