Paradise Lost
by JA Jance | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0380804697 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0380804697 Global Overview for this book
Registered by msfairypants of Long Beach, California USA on 8/2/2006
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When Cochise County sheriff Joanna Brady and her husband, Butch Dixon, head out of town for a long weekend of business and pleasure, she's happy to know that her 12-year-old daughter, Jenny, will be enjoying herself, too. On Jenny's agenda is a Girl Scout camp-out, and though the recent dry spell has quashed any chances of an honest-to-goodness campfire, Joanna is confident that Jenny will have a good time.
She couldn't be more wrong. Paired with an unpopular 13-year-old named Dora Matthews as her tent mate, Jenny struggles from the start to make the best of what promises to be a difficult weekend. But Jenny's weekend is cut short early, when the two girls break the rules by sneaking away from their troop on the very first night and discover the naked body of a murdered woman hidden in the brush not far from their campsite. And when Dora's body turns up just a few short days later, broken and twisted on the side of a road, Joanna's worry for her daughter grows by leaps and bounds.
What motive could someone have that would drive them to murder both the woman and such a young girl? Are the two murders connected? Will her own daughter be the next victim of a killer out to silence any and all witnesses? As these terrifying questions and more race through Joanna's mind, and her prime suspect provides what appears to be an airtight alibi, it's all Joanna can do to keep her mind on the job.
But now, more than ever, Joanna needs a cool head and a steady trigger finger. Because on a case that will magnify every maternal instinct Joanna's ever had --and challenge every notion she's ever held about motherhood -- it's going to take all of Joanna's commitment and strength to catch a killer and keep her daughter safe from harm.
In Paradise Lost, J. A. Jance once again weaves evocative settings, unforgettable characters and a breathtaking plot into an emotionally vivid story about a realistic heroine striving to balance her passion for justice with her love for family.
She couldn't be more wrong. Paired with an unpopular 13-year-old named Dora Matthews as her tent mate, Jenny struggles from the start to make the best of what promises to be a difficult weekend. But Jenny's weekend is cut short early, when the two girls break the rules by sneaking away from their troop on the very first night and discover the naked body of a murdered woman hidden in the brush not far from their campsite. And when Dora's body turns up just a few short days later, broken and twisted on the side of a road, Joanna's worry for her daughter grows by leaps and bounds.
What motive could someone have that would drive them to murder both the woman and such a young girl? Are the two murders connected? Will her own daughter be the next victim of a killer out to silence any and all witnesses? As these terrifying questions and more race through Joanna's mind, and her prime suspect provides what appears to be an airtight alibi, it's all Joanna can do to keep her mind on the job.
But now, more than ever, Joanna needs a cool head and a steady trigger finger. Because on a case that will magnify every maternal instinct Joanna's ever had --and challenge every notion she's ever held about motherhood -- it's going to take all of Joanna's commitment and strength to catch a killer and keep her daughter safe from harm.
In Paradise Lost, J. A. Jance once again weaves evocative settings, unforgettable characters and a breathtaking plot into an emotionally vivid story about a realistic heroine striving to balance her passion for justice with her love for family.
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