BlackHat Mystery BookstoreJ.A. (Judith) Jance
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“Distance is to love as wind is to fire. Blows out the little ones and fans the big ones.”
— J.A. Jance
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Sheriff Joanna Brady Mystery Series
The saga begins with Joanna Brady living outside of Bisbee, Arizona with her sheriff husband and an infant daughter;
when Andy is killed, Joanna solves his murder & then decides to run for sheriff.
browse Sheriff Joanna Brady series books at Amazon
Sheriff Joanna Brady series entry at Wikipedia {shopping-enabled}
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"Desert Heat" [#1=Avon 2/93]
After husband Sheriff Andy is killed, Joanna solves his murder & decides to run for sheriff
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Tombstone Courage" [#2=WmMorrow HB 94, Avon pb 4/95]
wins election for sheriff, rancher in pit
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Shoot, Don't Shoot" [#3=WmMorrow HB 6/95; Avon PB 10/96]
serial sex murders at cop class in Phoenix; meets Butch Dixon
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Dead To Rights" [#4=Avon HB 9/96]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Skeleton Canyon" [#5=Avon HB 8/97, pb 8/98]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Rattlesnake Crossing" [#6=Avon HB 8/98, pb 5/99]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Outlaw Mountain" [#7=Avon HB 7/99, pb 5/2000]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Devil’s Claw" [#8=WmMorrow HB 1/2000, Avon pb 8/2001]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Paradise Lost" [#9=WmMorrow 9/2001, Avon pb 8/2002]
girls find body of Phoenix heiress
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Partner In Crime: A Novel of Suspense" [SJB#10 + JPB#16]
 | Both Joanna & Beau, mostly in Arizona; an artist in Bisbee is murdered, then turns out to be in the Witness Protection Program of Washington State, so Beau is sent to Arizona to join the investigation. Avon mass pb [8/2003] for $7.99 Wm. Morrow 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2002] out of print/many, many used |
"Exit Wounds" [#11=2004?]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Dead Wrong" [#12=2006]
Joanna is near-term pregnant, body with fingers cut off leads to 20-year-old cold case, dog fight ring on side
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Damage Control" [#13=2008] ISBN 0-060-74676-9
http://www.amazon.com/Damage-Control-Joanna-Brady-ebook/dp/B0011UGLS8/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Fire and Ice" [JPB #19 & SJB #14=2009]
 | Both Joanna & Beau; serial killer in Seattle has murdered six women, wrapped each victim in a tarp, doused them with gasoline and then set them on fire; someone intentionally runs over an old coot in Bisbee; clues lead Beau to Arizona again. Harper mass pb [7/2010] for $9.99 Wm. Morrow 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2009] for $17.15 HarperAudio UNABR audio CD [7/2009] for $26.39 |
"Judgment Call" [SJB #15=2012]
 | Sheriff Brady's daughter finds the body of the high school principal in the desert . . . Kindle Edition from HarperCollins [7/2012] for $12.99 Harper mass pb [4/2013] for $9.99 Wm. Morrow 9x6 hardcover [7/2012] for $17.15 |
J.P. Beaumont Mystery Series
After several novels, Seattle, Washington Police Department Detective J. P. Beaumont retires,
then works for Washington State and other investigative government jobs.
browse J.P. Beaumont series books at Amazon
J.P. Beaumont series entry at Wikipedia
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Until Proven Guilty" [#1=Avon original pb 7/85]
girl killed, molesters killed; wealthy new lover Anne (killed at end)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Injustice For All" [#2=Avon original pb 5/86]
Beau on vacation at resort in Rosario, Baja Mexico
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Trial By Fury" [#3]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sentenced To Die"
(the first three J.P. Beaumont books in one hardcover)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Taking The Fifth" [#4=Avon original pb 6/87]
transvestite drug murders & singer Jasmine Day; Pete in hospital
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Improbable Cause" [#5]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"A More Perfect Union" [#6=Avon original pb 11/88]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Dismissed With Prejudice" [#7=Avon orig pb 6/89]
Japanese sword
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Minor In Possession" [#8=Avon pb 4/90]
Beau at Arizona alcohol rehab ranch (meets Joanna)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Payment In Kind" [#9=Avon original pb 3/91]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Without Due Process" [#10=WmMorrow HB 92, Avon pb 10/93]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Failure To Appear" [#11=Morrow HB 93; Avon pb 9/94]
Ashville, Oregon Shakespeare Festival & Beau's daughter Kelly
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Lying In Wait" [#12=Morrow HB 9/94; Avon pb 1/96]
tortured fisherman & Nazi gold; cop partner Sue Danielson
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Name Withheld" [#13=WmMorrow HB 1/96, Avon pb 3/97]
murders at gene tech company; Beau's ex-wife dies
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Breach of Duty" [#14 = 1999]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Birds of Prey" [#15=WmMorrow HB 3/2001, Avon pb 1/2002]
Beau on Alaska cruise
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Partner In Crime" [JPB #16 & SJB #10=2003]
both Joanna & Beau, mostly in Arizona; see Sheriff Brady section above
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Long Time Gone" [#17=July 2005]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Justice Denied" [#18)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Fire and Ice" [JPB #19 & SJB #14 = 2009]
both Joanna & Beau, mostly in Arizona; see Sheriff Brady section above
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Betrayal of Trust" [JPB #20 = July 2011]
http://www.amazon.com/Betrayal-Trust-Beaumont-Novel-ebook/dp/B004MMEIKU/
http://www.amazon.com/Betrayal-Trust-Beaumont-Novel-Mysteries/dp/0061731153/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Ring In the Dead: A J.P. Beaumont Novella" [JPB #21 = July 2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Ring-Dead-Beaumont-Novella-ebook/dp/B00BOQGFWQ/
http://www.amazon.com/Ring-In-Dead-Beaumont-Novella/dp/0062294822/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Second Watch: A J.P. Beaumont Novel" [JPB #22 = 9/2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Second-Watch-Beaumont-Novels-ebook/dp/B009NG2DHA/
http://www.amazon.com/Second-Watch-Beaumont-Novel-Novels/dp/0062134671/
"Stand Down: A J.P. Beaumont Novella" [JPB #23 = 7/2015] 
http://www.amazon.com/Stand-Down-J-P-Beaumont-Novella/dp/0062418491/
"Dance of The Bones: A J.P. Beaumont & Brandon Walker Mystery" [JPB #24 & WF #7 = 9/2015]
http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Bones-Beaumont-Brandon-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B00OP0JHS2/
http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Bones-LP-Beaumont-Brandon/dp/0062393057/
http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Bones-Beaumont-Brandon-Walker/dp/006229766X/
Ali Reynolds Mystery Series
After her life in California falls apart, Alison 'Ali' Reynolds returns to Sedona, Arizona where she was raised.
Ali's mother & father, Edie & Bob, operate the Sugarloaf Cafe, her son Chris has just graduated college,
and Deputy Sheriff Dave Holman is obviously smitten with her.
browse Ali Reynolds series books at Amazon
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Edge of Evil: A Novel of Suspense" [#1 = 2006]
 | Los Angeles TV news anchor Ali Reynolds loses her job, and finds out that her husband is cheating, and that her best friend back in Sedona, Arizona is missing. When her friend's body is found and presumed a suicide, Ali doesn't agree and she returns to her home town to investigate.
Kindle Edition from HarperCollins e-books [3/2009] for $7.99 Avon mass pb [1/2006] for $7.99 Severn House Publrs 8½x5½ hardcover [8/2006] out of print/used Avon 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1/2006] out of print/used |
"Web of Evil: A Novel of Suspense" [#2 = 2007]
 | Ali’s jerk husband fails to appear in Beverly Hills court to finalize the divorce, on the day before marrying his pregnant girlfriend; his body is found in the desert in the trunk of a car hit by a freight train; Ali is his widow and the will gives her the bulk of his estate; then the girlfriend’s mother is pushed down some stairs and Ali is prime suspect in both murders.
Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [2007 edition] for $6.07 Pocket Star mass pb [11/2007] for $7.99 S&S UK mass pb [1/2008] out of print/many used Touchstone hardcover [1/2007] out of print/hundreds used |
"Hand of Evil: A Novel of Suspense" [#3 = 2007]
 | Handyman Kip goes missing, is found beaten & airlifted to Phoenix hospital; Dave’s teen daughter runs away in Las Vegas, Nevada after she happens to see the beating (but tells no one); Ali is invited to tea at an old woman’s Frank Lloyd Wright house, and is given a diary from the woman's childhood.
Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [2007 edition] for $6.07 Pocket Star mass pb [11/2008] for $7.99 Touchstone 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2007] for $19.72 |
"Cruel Intent" [#4 = 2008] ISBN 978141663792
"Trial By Fire" [#5 = 2009] ISBN 1416563806
"Fatal Error" [#6 = Feb 2011] /1416563814/
http://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Error-Novel-J-Jance/dp/1476726477/
"Left For Dead" [#7 = Feb 2012] /1451628587/
http://www.amazon.com/Left-Dead-Reynolds-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B005FLOGFE/
"Deadly Stakes" [#8 = Feb 2013] /1451628684/ 
Walker Family Mystery Series
Former Sheriff Brandon Walker and his new wife author Diana Ladd live in Tucson, Arizona
and are interconnected with tribal members living on the Tohono O'dham reservations.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Hour of The Hunter" (1991 = #1)
 | Psychopathic killer Andrew Carlisle plea-bargained an easy six years in prison and when he gets out, main witness widowed schoolteacher Diana Ladd and her son are his target for revenge. He commits another torture-murder, and the chase soon involves Sheriff Walker, two Papago medicine men, and the visionary grandmother of the first victim.
Avon 7x4¼ mass pb [9/92] for $7.99 Harper 7½x4 mass pb [6/2010] for $9.99 Wm. Morrow 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/91] out of print/many used |
"Kiss of The Bees" (2001 = #2)
 | Ex-con Mitch Johnson takes revenge on former Sheriff Walker by kidnapping his adopted Papago teenage daughter Lani. Harper mass pb [6/2010] for $9.99 Wm. Morrow 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2000] out of print/dozens used |
"Day of The Dead: A Novel of Suspense" (2004 = #3)
 | Brandon Walker is bored and glad to join the non-profit The Last Chance group, and is quickly caught up in a 30-year-old cold case of a murdered Papago girl that leads to a prominent Anglo couple who have committed dozens of torture murders in the Tucson area.
Harper 7½x4¼ mass pb [6/2010] for $9.99 Wm. Morrow 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2004] out of print/hundreds used |
"Queen of The Night: A Novel of Suspense" [#4 = 7/2010]
 | Dr. Lani Walker takes care of a Papago child traumatized during the murders of her family, helped by a member of the vigilante Shadow Wolves border patrol, while Brandon Walker takes on the cold case of a murdered university coed.
Harper 7x5¼ pb [3/2011] for $9.59 Wm. Morrow 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2010] for $10.14 |
"Left For Dead: A Novel of Suspense" [#5 = 2/2012]
 | Santa Rita deputy sheriff Jose Reyes is shot down and left for dead in the desert; when Ali visits him in the hospital she finds Sister Anselm tending to a young woman who was brutalized and also left for dead in the desert . . .
Kindle Edition from S&S/Touchstone [2/2012] for $8.54 Pocket Books pb [12/2012] for $8.99 S&S/Touchstone 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2012] for $18.08 |
"Deadly Stakes: A Novel" [#6 = 2/2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Stakes-Novel-Reynolds-ebook/dp/B008J4CHUK/
http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Stakes-Novel-Ali-Reynolds/dp/1451628684/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Dance of The Bones: A J.P. Beaumont & Brandon Walker Mystery" [WF #7 & JPB #24 = 9/2015]
both Beau & Brandon Walker in Arizona; see J.P. Beaumont section above
Other Books by J.A. Jance
 | "After The Fire" [poetry 1984} by Judith A. Jance
Lance Publns pb [1984] out of print/used Univ Arizona Libraries 7x6¼ hardcover [7/2004] for $19.95 |
 | "The J.A. Jance Casebook" [8 stories 2011] on Kindle
Kindle Edition from Shaw's iPulp Fiction Library [3/2011] for $2.99 {sic} eight short stories, dated 1994 to 2005: "Death of A Snowbird", "A Flash of Chrysanthemum", "Oil & Water", "Second Fiddle", "One Good Turn", "The Prodigal", "The Duel", and "Signore Bianco" |
L i n k s
official J.A. Jance website
J.A. Jance entry at Wikipedia
browse J.A. Jance books at Amazon
browse J.A. Jance audio catalog at Amazon
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