J. A. Jance

Small-town Sheriff Joanna Brady solves her biggest case yet, from a body in the desert to crimes spanning decades and countries, in the thrilling latest installment in the New York Times bestselling suspense series.

Chuck Brewster, the former business partner of Ali Reynolds’s husband B. Simpson, once carried on an affair with Clarice, B.’s first wife. So when he’s found murdered with Clarice standing nearby covered in blood, it seems an open and shut case.

New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance returns with a new pulse-pounding suspense novel featuring beloved private investigator J. P. Beaumont as his investigation of a seemingly accidental death uncovers a complex web of evil.

Faith, Butch's ex-wife, has been murdered, and the evidence points to him. Stunned, Butch quickly realizes that the black-hearted woman is going to ruin him again, from her grave....

A thrilling tale of suspense that brings to life Arizona's Cochise County and the desert Southwest in all its beauty and mystery....

A cop lies dying beneath the blistering Arizona sun - a local lawman who may well have become the next sheriff of Cochise County....

Successful TV journalist Alison Reynolds' career comes to an abrupt end when top executives decide they need a "younger face"....

A brutal, psychopathic murderer is released from prison - and stalks his prey with intent to kill....

J. P. Beaumont may be an old homicide hand now, but back when he was a rookie working with his first partner, Milton Gurkey—a.k.a. Pickles—things took a turn for the worse....

Ali Reynolds begins the summer thinking her most difficult challenge will be surviving a six-week- long course as the lone 40-something female at the Arizona Police Academy....

With unerring skill, Jance delivers relentless suspense in what is surely her finest novel yet in this riveting and addictive series....

J. P. Beaumont has a dead dentist on his hands....

Life has shifted for J. P. Beaumont. After a tragic accident that devastated - and ultimately disbanded - his Special Homicide Investigation Team, he accepts that he has left homicide detection....

When Joanna Brady's daughter, Jenny, stumbles across the body of her high school principal, Debra Highsmith, in the desert, the Cochise County sheriff's personal and professional worlds collide....

A prisoner languishes in a Phoenix jail cell, accused of brutally slaying his estranged wife....

An eyewitness to a fifty-year-old murder has just come forward, and Beau has been hand-picked to lead the investigation....

New York Times best-selling author J. A. Jance returns with her eighth novel in the highly acclaimed Joanna Brady mystery series....

When his longtime nemesis, Maxwell Cole, dies in what's officially deemed to be an accidental fire, Beau is astonished to be dragged into the investigation....

The end of her broadcasting career came too soon for TV journalist Alison Reynolds. Cut loose from her moorings, she is summoned back home to Sedona, Arizona - where a killer may be hunting her....

For Sheriff Joanna Brady and her 12-year-old daughter Jenny, an innocent Girl Scout campout turns into a lethal game....