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      Mass Market Paperback Desert Heat (Joanna Brady Mysteries, 1) Book
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      ISBN: 0061774596

      Desert Heat

      (Book #1 in the Joanna Brady Series)

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      Book Overview

      A cop lies dying beneath the blistering Arizona sun--a local lawman who may well have become the next sheriff of Cochise County. The police brass claim that Andy Brady was dirty, and that his shooting was a suicide attempt. Joanna Brady, his devoted wife and mother of their nine-year-old daughter, knows a cover-up when she hears one . . . and murder when she sees it. But her determined efforts to hunt down an assassin and clear her husband's name are placing Joanna and her surviving family in harm's way--because in the desert, the one thing more lethal than a rattler's bite . . . is the truth. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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      Rated 5 stars
      Love Joanna Brady suspense books by JA Jance

      By Rachel03, Verified Purchase

      I have read 18 of the Sheriff Joanna Brady suspense books and the two novellas, one about Butch Dixon’s background and one about Joanna’s parents. These are wonderful books that keep you turning the pages to see what is going to happen next. Now I’m moving on to her other suspense series. These are great books for adults and I would recommend them for older teenagers.

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      Rated 5 stars
      the original that set fire to Cochise County!

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      I had read all the other Joanna Brady books except this one, and I had to see how Joanna, Andy, Jenny, Eleanor, JimBob and Eva Lou, Marianne, Angie and others came into being. What an adventure! This lively book is a page turner. Joanna is searching for answers when nobody in law enforcement seems to care much about the murder of her husband. Shocking rumors come out, but Joanna fights back rather than retreat into a depressed...

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      Really Intriging-action packed drama.

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      This is my first time in reading J.A. Jance, and I really enjoyed the first book here of the Joanna Brady series. Joanna Brady is happy in Bisbee Arizona, with her husband Andy a cop, and daughter Jennifer. She is waiting anxiously for Andy's return home one night when he is late showing up, and later. Feeling like something is definitely wrong, Joanna goes out to see what she can find. And lo and behold, she sees the accident...

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      May I Introduce Joanna Brady...

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      I met Judy Jance in a bookstore in Palm Desert, California back in the mid 1980's. It was right before Christmas, and my husband had just told me that he didn't have time to go buy a few small stocking stuffer type gifts for me and asked if I'd buy them myself. Needless to say, I was a little ticked by this situation and since he complained about my reading habit, I decided that I'd fix him and buy a few paperback books. I...

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      I LOVE ALL OF THE JOANNA BRADY MYSTERIES

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      I'M FROM PHOENIX - AND LOVE BISBEE, AZ - I CAN RELATE TO THE LOCATIONS IN ALL OF THE JOANNA BRADY BOOKS. THANKS!

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      It's been a year since the last book of C. J. Box's hit Joe Pickett series was released. Three-Inch Teeth, the 24th installment of the series, releases on February 27 and we can't wait to head back to Saddlestring with Game Warden Joe Pickett. Here's what we know so far and ten more series to check out if you love Joe Pickett.
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