Exit Wounds: A Novel of Suspense(J2666)

by J. A. Jance | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0380977311 Global Overview for this book
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hardback
368pp including author's note
published, 2003

FROM OUR EDITORS
The Barnes & Noble Review
The pressure is high for Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady in Exit Wounds, a riveting mystery where the action is as relentless as the desert heat. Combining police work, politics, and a personal life is never easy. But this time out, Sheriff Brady has her hands particularly full. She's investigating the murder of an animal hoarder and the death of her 17 dogs; trying to keep the lid on trouble at the local jail; and dealing with a deadly car crash involving undocumented aliens -- all while trying to fit everything in around the political demands of her struggling reelection campaign. On top of all that, she's coping with personal issues that she suspects will rock her family to the core.

As always, J. A. Jance does a superb job of juggling the gritty realities of police procedure and political power struggles, while portraying characters whose personal lives are as realistically complex as their jobs and the world they live in. Exit Wounds is a gripping read…and Joanna Brady is sure to face the unexpected challenges in her life head-on. Sue Stone

FROM THE PUBLISHER
The heat is a killer in Cochise County, Arizona, with temperatures over 100 degrees. In the suffocating stillness of an airless trailer, a woman is lying dead, a bullet hole in her chest. Why someone would murder a harmless loner with a soft spot for stray dogs is only one of the questions nagging at the local police; another is why the killer used an eighty-five-year-old bullet, fired from the same weapon that slaughtered two other women who were discovered bound, naked, and gruesomely posed on the remote edge of a rancher's land.

The slayings are as oppressive as the blistering heat for Sheriff Joanna Brady, who must shoulder the added double burden of a brutal reelection campaign and major developments on the home front. With suddenly more on her plate than many big-city law officers have to contend with, Joanna must put marital distractions and an opponent's dirty tricks in the background and deal with the terrifying reality that now threatens everyone in her jurisdiction: a serial killer in their midst.

FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
In the latest of Jance's Joanna Brady mysteries, the Arizona sheriff investigates the murder of Carol Mossman, a lonely woman who lived in a house trailer in the desert with her 18 dogs. Joanna slowly uncovers a web of deceit involving the Mossman family, including child abuse and incest. This very dark tale also includes polygamists, animal rights activists, illegal immigrants, and a dangerous group of cultists holding children against their will. Joanna must conduct her ever-widening investigation while coping with a reelection campaign and the early stages of pregnancy. Stephanie Brush, whose voice resembles actress Deborah Winger's, provides a smooth, energetic reading. Her ability to convey sympathy for the plights of these characters makes the proceedings seem less sordid than they might have been. Recommended for collections where Jance's works are popular.-Michael Adams, CUNY Graduate Ctr. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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