J.A. Jance is one of my all-time favorite mystery authors. I recently read her latest paperback in the Sheriff Joanna Brady mystery series called "Missing and Endangered" and like ALL of her books, it was fantastic!! J.A. Jance has 3 ongoing series, and the others are J.P. Beaumont a retired Seattle detective, and Ali Reynolds, a former television reporter turned investigator. This series, the Joanna Brady mysteries - is my favorite. She's a sheriff in Bisbee, Arizona, (the town next to Tombstone of Wyatt Earp fame- which is how I discovered her books - one was named "Tombstone Canyon"). Read her books in order- (her husband was the sheriff and was killed, so she ran for Sheriff and was elected. There are great supporting characters (she has a daughter, meets a guy who changes her life, and has deputies, friends and family challenges.
THIS BOOK focuses on a very REAL threat- Cyberbullies who use dating services to blackmail people into following their orders. The characters are so very real, and the story made me want to read as quickly as possible to see how all of the issues are resolved. 5 of 5 stars (as usual for J.A. Jance). Read it!!!
ABOUT THE BOOK: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady’s professional and personal lives collide when her college-age daughter is involved in a missing persons case in this evocative and atmospheric mystery in J. A. Jance’s New York Times bestselling suspense series, set in the beautiful desert country of the American Southwest.
When Jennifer Brady returns to Northern Arizona University for her sophomore year, she quickly becomes a big sister to her new roommate, Beth Rankin, a brilliant yet sheltered sixteen-year-old freshman. For a homeschooled Beth, college is her first taste of both freedom and unfettered access to the internet, and Jenny is concerned that she’s too naïve and rebellious for her own good.
Her worries are well-founded because one day Beth vanishes, prompting Jenny to alert campus authorities, local police, and her mom, Sheriff Joanna Brady—who calls in a favor. Beth is found, but Jenny’s concern has unwittingly put her in the crosshairs of a criminal bent on revenge.
With Christmas vacation approaching, and Beth at war with her parents, Jenny invites Beth to the shelter of the Brady home. While Joanna is sympathetic, she’s caught up in a sensitive case—an officer-involved shooting that has placed the lives of two young children in jeopardy—leaving her stretched thin to help a fragile young woman recently gone missing and endangered.
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