Enjoyed it, altho’ the middle dragged with too much everyday conversation which didn’t move the plot along. The end justified hanging in there. ( )

Joanna Brady is Sheriff of an Arizona county adjacent to the Mexican border. In this installment, #12 in the series, Sheriff Brady is very pregnant and eager for the birth of her second child. Several intriguing cases and personal issues occupy her attention in this story including dog fighting, the brutal attack of one of her staff, a carjacking, an opinionated mother-in-law, and murder with long-ago ties to a previous case that her father had investigated. Interesting mysteries, likeable characters, a very satisfying story. The reader does an excellent job and adds to the feel of the story.

464/464 I liked this book. It is a murder mystery. It is a series, but she wrote it so even if you didn't start from the beginning she makes sure you keep up.
The main character is Joanna and she is the sheriff of a town in New Mexico. She got the Sheriff position because he husband was running for the job when he was killed and the town elected her, basically to help her feel better. But it ended up 2 be a good choice because she does everything she can to do the best she can.
Her attitude doesn't really change but she does. She is pregnant and she can be moody some days and she is in a lot of pain because she is like a month away from having the baby at the start of the book.
She kind of reminds me of my mom. She too is always working late and always has way to much work to do and not enough time. Also her daughter is about my age and she reminds me of me a little.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries.
I don't know who would play this part i'm not quite sure. ( )

Crimes abound in this latest installment in the Joanna Brady series by J A Jance. Joanna, awaiting the imminent birth of her second child, is short on staff and heavy on crime as multiple murders dot the Arizona landscape of Bisbee. One of the Animal Control officers is fiercely beaten putting Joanna one more employee down.

I felt there was too much going on in this book. I missed checking in with the characters I like most but we mainly stayed with Joanna in this book. Not too much going on with Jenny, Butch, Eva Lou, and the others this time around. Joanna spent all her time working and talking about how she needed to be taking it easy because of her advanced pregnancy. ( )

This was a fast read, a real page turner. It had a little of everything, illegal immigrant workers, illegal adoption, illegal dog fighting, a pregnant law officer solving the case. ( )