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None. On the verge of having her baby, Sheriff Brady tries to solve a murder at the same time as an assault on the animal control officer, and to compound her problems her insufferable in-laws arrive. A satisfying page-turner. (  ) sleahey | Sep 19, 2011 |  I enjoyed the book very much, but was dismayed by the fact that a murder victim, at the very first of the book, was said to have died from a single blunt trauma to the head. All of his fingers were removed. During the rest of the book, the victim was repeatedly described as having been "stabbed multiple times" and described as the "stabbing victim". How could this possibly have been missed by the author or even a moderately intelligent proof reader? (  ) Dadbrazelton | Aug 10, 2011 | Set in the deserts of southeastern Arizona's Cochise County, this is the 12th title in the Joanna Brady series. Jance http://www.jajance.com/ intertwines alcoholism, brutality, illegal immigrants, dysfunctional family relationships, and Sherrif Brady's juggling of family, pregnancy, and career within another suspenseful mystery thriller. (lj) ( ) eduscapes | Apr 21, 2010 | Enjoyed it, altho’ the middle dragged with too much everyday conversation which didn’t move the plot along. The end justified hanging in there. ( ) JoAnnSmithAinsworth | Oct 8, 2009 | 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. Chark | Sep 16, 2009 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060540915, Mass Market Paperback)Juggling a family and a career has never been easy for Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady. Now the impending birth of her second child only adds to her burden, especially when two brutal crimes fall under her jurisdiction. A corpse is discovered in the Arizona desert with the fingers severed from both hands—the body of an ex-con who served twenty years for a murder he claimed not to remember. Soon after, one of Joanna's female officers is savagely assaulted and left for dead while on an unauthorized stakeout. Since the victim is one of their own, the department directs the bulk of its resources toward finding her attacker. But the desert slaying haunts Joanna as well, and neither her pregnancy nor family concerns will keep her from doing her duty, no matter how perilous. Because justice must be served. And enforcing the law has become more than what Joanna Brady does—it's what she is. (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:43:47 -0500) As if juggling a family, including the impending birth of a second child, a career and a staff shortage at the Sheriff's office aren't enough, Sheriff Joanna Brady has to deal with two serious crimes. The first is the dead body of an ex-con who was found in the desert with all his fingers severed. The second is the brutal attack of one of her officers while on unauthorized stakeout. Being a sheriff is what she is and Joanna will stop at nothing to get the job done.… (more) |
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