J. A. Jance

Desert heat

1993 · J. A. Jance

This novel, by a New York Times bestselling author, first introduced Joanna Brady, described as one of the most remarkable protagonists in…

Tombstone courage

1994 · J. A. Jance

Newly elected as Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, Joanne challenges the status quo with grit and determination. She must battle prejudice and…

Shoot/don't shoot

1995 · J. A. Jance

After an assassin's bullet kills her policeman husband in the Arizona desert, widow Joanna Brady becomes Cochise County Sheriff. While caring for her…

Dead to rights

1996 · J. A. Jance

A woman is killed in a remote part of Arizona by a drunk motorist on her nineteenth wedding anniversary. A year later the driver dies as well, and…

Skeleton canyon

1997 · J. A. Jance

Brianna "Bree" O'Brien, a popular teenager, never returns from Skeleton Canyon after sneaking out to meet her boyfriend, Ignacio Ybarra, and is…

Rattlesnake crossing

1998 · J. A. Jance

Sheriff Joanna Brady of Cochise County will not let personal trials interfere with her job, even as death disturbs the peace of Bisbee, Arizona.…

Outlaw mountain

1999 · J. A. Jance

Johanna Brady, a young widow, devoted mom, and Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, is a tough cop who gives no ground to lawbreakers. She now faces…

Paradise Lost

2001 · J. A. Jance

When Cochise County, Arizona, Sheriff Joanna Brady's twelve-year-old daughter Jenny goes on a Memorial Day weekend Girl Scout campout in nearby…

Exit wounds

2003 · J. A. Jance

In blistering heat in Cochise County, Arizona, a woman with a soft spot for stray dogs is found shot dead with an eighty-five-year-old bullet fired…

Damage control

2008 · J. A. Jance

In Coronado National Monument, an elderly couple's car goes off a mountain, and two trash bags containing human remains are later found. Cochise…

Until proven guilty

1991 · J. A. Jance

This book marks the debut appearance of Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont, from an author described as a New York Times bestseller for works including…

Injustice for All

1992 · J. A. Jance

A beautiful woman's terrified screams and a dead body on a Washington beach initially resemble a scene from a slasher film, but the blood is real. A…

Trial by Fury (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries

Year unknown · J. A. Jance

A body found in a Seattle dumpster shocks homicide detective J.P. Beaumont, made worse by the manner of death: the victim, a high school coach, had…

Taking the Fifth

1993 · J. A. Jance

Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont encounters a bizarre murder: a body marked by wounds inflicted with an elegant woman's stiletto shoe, its…

Improbable cause

1988 · J. A. Jance

A dentist who enjoyed inflicting pain on his patients is murdered in his own chair. Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont investigates a case…

A More Perfect Union

1988 · J. A. Jance

A shocking tabloid photo captures the last moments of a woman's life: her fatal fall from an unfinished Seattle skyscraper, her face frozen in…

Dismissed with prejudice

1989 · J. A. Jance

Japanese businessman Tadeo Kurobashi, passionate about computers, poetry, money, and Samurai lore, appears to have died by seppuku, sword in hand.…

Minor in Possession

1990 · J. A. Jance

At a rehab ranch in Arizona, Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont, an alcoholic ex-cop, is forced to room with teenage drug dealer Joey Rothman. When Joey…

Payment in Kind

1991 · J. A. Jance

Two corpses are found lovingly entwined in a broom closet of the Seattle School District building, appearing to be a classic crime of passion.…

Without due process

1992 · J. A. Jance

A monster breaks into a model cop's home at night and slaughters him and his family, missing only a five-year-old boy hiding in the closet. As word…