Paradise Lost

by JA Jance | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0380804697 Global Overview for this book
Registered by ASOinFL of Lake Mary, Florida USA on 2/18/2003
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Journal Entry 1 by ASOinFL from Lake Mary, Florida USA on Tuesday, February 18, 2003
The average reader on Amazon gave this book an 8 or thereabouts. I thought it sucked........slow, slow, slow.......slow beginning that didn't pick up anywhere. I can only hope the next person who finds this book enjoys like I wish I could have.

Editorial Reviews

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Joanna Brady returns in J.A. Jance's ninth adventure featuring the Arizona sheriff. Joanna and
Butch, her new husband, are trying to build their dream house, adjust to their marriage, and cope
with the preteen mood swings of Joanna's 12-year-old daughter, Jenny. During a Girl Scout
camping trip to Cochise County, Jenny and another girl sneak out of their tents after lights out to
have a cigarette and stumble on the body of a murder victim. Joanna is initially more concerned
about her daughter's misbehavior than the murder at Apache Pass--after all, smoking can kill
you--but then Dora Matthews, Jenny's coconspirator, is killed. Joanna's fear that her daughter
might be in the killer's sights adds an extra dose of adrenaline to her efforts to find the man who
left the body for Jenny and Dora to find. Add that worry to the sheriff's suspicion that Butch may
be having an affair with a former girlfriend and you have the makings of a typical Joanna Brady
novel: long on intelligence, empathy, and humanity and short on shootouts and suspense. Jance's
other series, featuring Seattle cop J.P. Beaumont, features more intricate plotting and louder
firepower. Brady's not as complex as Beaumont or as fully developed a character, but she leads
with her heart, and her struggles to balance her personal and professional life bring interest. The
Southwest landscape comes to life in the author's capable hands, and while the narrative's pacing
is a little pokey, there's lots of lovingly evoked scenery to make it a pleasant trip. --Jane Adams
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Journal Entry 2 by ASOinFL at Seminole County Services Building on 1st St in Sanford, Florida USA on Saturday, March 1, 2003
Released on Sunday, February 23, 2003 at Seminole County Services Building on 1st St in Sanford, Florida USA.

In the 2nd floor breakroom.

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