BlackHat Mystery BookstoreJ.A. (Judith) Jance
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Sheriff Joanna Brady Mystery Series
Sheriff Joanna Brady series books
Sheriff Joanna Brady series entry at Wikipedia
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"Desert Heat" [#1=Avon 2/93]
After husband Sheriff Andy is killed, Joanna solves his murder & decides to run for sheriff
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"Tombstone Courage" [#2=WmMorrow HB 94, Avon pb 4/95]
wins election for sheriff, rancher in pit
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"Shoot, Don't Shoot" [#3=WmMorrow HB 6/95; Avon PB 10/96]
serial sex murders at cop class in Phoenix; meets Butch Dixon
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"Dead To Rights" [#4=Avon HB 9/96]
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"Skeleton Canyon" [#5=Avon HB 8/97, pb 8/98]
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"Rattlesnake Crossing" [#6=Avon HB 8/98, pb 5/99]
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"Outlaw Mountain" [#7=Avon HB 7/99, pb 5/2000]
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"Devil’s Claw" [#8=WmMorrow HB 1/2000, Avon pb 8/2001]
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"Paradise Lost" [#9=WmMorrow 9/2001, Avon pb 8/2002]
girls find body of Phoenix heiress
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"Partner In Crime: A Novel of Suspense" [SJB#10 + JPB#16]
 | Both Joanna & Beau, mostly in Arizona; an artist in Bisbee is murdered, then turns out to be in the Witness Protection Program of Washington State, so Beau is sent to Arizona to join the investigation. Avon mass pb [8/2003] for $7.99 Wm. Morrow 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2002] out of print/many, many used |
"Exit Wounds" [#11=2004?]
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"Dead Wrong" [#12=2006]
Joanna is near-term pregnant, body with fingers cut off leads to 20-year-old cold case, dog fight ring on side
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"Damage Control" [#13=2008] ISBN 0-060-74676-9
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"Fire and Ice" [JPB #19 & SJB #14=2009]
 | Both Joanna & Beau; serial killer in Seattle has killed six women, wrapped each victim in a tarp, doused them with gasoline and then set them on fire; someone intentionally runs over an old coot in Bisbee; clues lead Beau to Arizona again. Harper mass pb [7/2010] for $9.99 Wm. Morrow 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2009] for $17.15 HarperAudio UNABR audio CD [7/2009] for $26.39 |
J.P. Beaumont Mystery Series
J.P. Beaumont series entry at Wikipedia
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"Until Proven Guilty" [#1=Avon original pb 7/85]
girl killed, molesters killed; wealthy new lover Anne (killed at end)
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"Injustice For All" [#2=Avon original pb 5/86]
Beau on vacation at resort in Rosario, Baja Mexico
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"Trial By Fury" [#3]
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"Sentenced To Die"
(the first three J.P. Beaumont books in one hardcover)
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"Taking The Fifth" [#4=Avon original pb 6/87]
transvestite drug murders & singer Jasmine Day; Pete in hospital
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"Improbable Cause" [#5]
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"A More Perfect Union" [#6=Avon original pb 11/88]
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"Dismissed With Prejudice" [#7=Avon orig pb 6/89]
Japanese sword
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"Minor In Possession" [#8=Avon pb 4/90]
Beau at Arizona alcohol rehab ranch (meets Joanna)
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"Payment In Kind" [#9=Avon original pb 3/91]
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"Without Due Process" [#10=WmMorrow HB 92, Avon pb 10/93]
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"Failure To Appear" [#11=Morrow HB 93; Avon pb 9/94]
Ashville, Oregon Shakespeare Festival & Beau's daughter Kelly
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"Lying In Wait" [#12=Morrow HB 9/94; Avon pb 1/96]
tortured fisherman & Nazi gold; cop partner Sue Danielson
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"Name Withheld" [#13=WmMorrow HB 1/96, Avon pb 3/97]
murders at gene tech company; Beau's ex-wife dies
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"Breach of Duty" [#14]
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"Birds of Prey" [#15=WmMorrow HB 3/2001, Avon pb 1/2002]
Beau on Alaska cruise
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"Partner In Crime" [JPB #16 & SJB #10=2003]
both Joanna & Beau, mostly in Arizona; see Sheriff Brady section above
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"Long Time Gone" [#17=July 2005]
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"Justice Denied" [#18)
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"Fire and Ice" [JPB #19 & SJB #14=2009]
both Joanna & Beau, mostly in Arizona; see Sheriff Brady section above
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"Betrayal of Trust" [#20 = July 2011] 
Ali Reynolds Mystery Series
After her life in California falls apart, Alison 'Ali' Reynolds returns to Sedona, Arizona where she was raised.
Ali's mother & father, Edie & Bob, operate the Sugarloaf Cafe, her son Chris has just graduated college,
and Deputy Sheriff Dave Holman is obviously smitten with her.
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"Edge of Evil: A Novel of Suspense" [#1 = 2006]
 | Los Angeles TV news anchor Ali Reynolds loses her job, and finds out that her husband is cheating, and that her best friend back in Sedona, Arizona is missing. When her friend's body is found and presumed a suicide, Ali doesn't agree and she returns to her home town to investigate.
Avon mass pb [1/2006] for $7.99 Severn House Publrs 8½x5½ hardcover [8/2006] out of print/used Avon 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1/2006] out of print/used |
"Web of Evil: A Novel of Suspense" [#2 = 2007]
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Ali’s jerk husband fails to appear in Beverly Hills court to finalize the divorce, on the day before marrying his pregnant girlfriend; his body is found in the desert in the trunk of a car hit by a freight train; Ali is his widow and the will gives her the bulk of his estate; then the girlfriend’s mother is pushed down some stairs and Ali is prime suspect in both murders.
Pocket Star mass pb [11/2007] for $7.99 S&S UK mass pb [1/2008] out of print/many used Touchstone hardcover [1/2007] out of print/hundreds used |
"Hand of Evil: A Novel of Suspense" [#3 = 2007]
 | Handyman Kip goes missing, is found beaten & airlifted to Phoenix hospital; Dave’s teen daughter runs away in Las Vegas, happens to see beating, tells no one; Ali invited to tea at old woman’s FLW house, given diary from childhood. Pocket Star mass pb [11/2008] for $7.99 Touchstone 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2007] for $19.72 |
"Cruel Intent" [#4 = 2008] ISBN 978141663792
"Trial By Fire" [#5 = 2009] ISBN 1416563806
"Fatal Error" [#6 = Feb 2011] /1416563814/
Walker Family Mystery Series
Former Sheriff Brandon Walker and his new wife author Diana Ladd live in Tucson, Arizona
and are interconnected with tribal members living on the Tohono O'dham reservations.
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"Hour of The Hunter" (1991 = #1)
 | Psychopathic killer Andrew Carlisle plea-bargained an easy six years in prison and when he gets out, main witness widowed schoolteacher Diana Ladd and her son are his target for revenge. He commits another torture-murder, and the chase soon involves Sheriff Walker, two Papago medicine men, and the visionary grandmother of the first victim.
Avon 7x4¼ mass pb [9/92] for $7.99 Harper 7½x4 mass pb [6/2010] for $9.99 Wm. Morrow 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/91] out of print/many used |
"Kiss of The Bees" (2001 = #2)
 | Ex-con Mitch Johnson takes revenge on former Sheriff Walker by kidnapping his adopted Papago teenage daughter Lani. Harper mass pb [6/2010] for $9.99 Wm. Morrow 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2000] out of print/dozens used |
"Day of The Dead: A Novel of Suspense" (2004 = #3)
 | Brandon Walker is bored and glad to join the non-profit The Last Chance group, and is quickly caught up in a 30-year-old cold case of a murdered Papago girl that leads to a prominent Anglo couple who have committed dozens of torture murders in the Tucson area.
Harper 7½x4¼ mass pb [6/2010] for $9.99 Wm. Morrow 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2004] out of print/hundreds used |
"Queen of The Night: A Novel of Suspense" [#4 = 7/2010]
 | Dr. Lani Walker takes care of a Papago child traumatized during the murders of her family, helped by a member of the vigilante Shadow Wolves border patrol, while Brandon Walker takes on the cold case of a murdered university coed.
Harper 7x5¼ pb [3/2011] for $9.59 Wm. Morrow 9x6¼ hardcover [7/2010] for $10.14 |
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