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Loading... Dead to Rights (1996)by J. A. Jance
None. I am a mystery fan and I decided I like this series not always so much for the mystery, as for the imperfect characters. Joanna's relationship with her mother just makes me laugh sometimes. I plan on continuing the series. (  ) dara85 | May 6, 2011 |  Joanna Brady is beginning to find her way as a new sheriff, widow and single mother. In this book, she and her crew are put through the crucible as several deaths in the community call for their attention. One murder, one suicide, a couple of manslaughters and budget cuts on top of it all. Sheriff Brady is finding her way through her emotions, learning to discern between her gut feelings and good solid detective work. I enjoy watching her grow and work out her relations with her coworkers and family. The mystery in this story left me feeling that there were a lot of loose ends and surmises, but I didn't really mind that. (  ) MrsLee | Jan 15, 2011 | Joanna Brady is grieving for her husband who was killed by a hit man, struggling with single parenthood, and has just been elected sheriff of the county. The local vet is murdered, and there is an obvious suspect but Joanna does not think he is guilty. Another murder happens that has nothing to do with the first, and things are a mess in the county. I have read other Joanna Brady books in that series and have enjoyed them as light mysteries, but this one never really comes together, very disjointed and slows waaaay down in the middle. By the time the reader finds out the answer to who-done-it, he or she doesn't really care anymore. (  ) CatieN | Mar 16, 2009 | no reviews | add a review
 Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0380724324, Mass Market Paperback)The best thing about Jance's books is Joanna Brady who became an Arizona county sheriff after her father and husband died on the job. Jance can move Brady from an exciting, dangerous scene on one page to a sensitive, touching personal moment on the next. In her latest outing, Brady is looking into two major crimes. But that doesn't stop her from giving a terrific speech about why selling Girl Scout cookies gave her confidence, or worrying about a friend trying to adopt a child in China, or even finally beginning to understand what makes her annoying mother tick. Earlier books in the Brady series: Desert Heat, Tombstone Courage, Shoot, Don't Shoot. Jance also authors the popular J.P. Beaumont series, which includes Dismissed With Prejudice, Failure to Appear, Lying in Wait, Name Withheld, Without Due Process.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:35:25 -0500) 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.… (more) |
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