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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780380724321
ISBN number: 0380724324
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: August 01, 1997
Publishing house: Avon
Release Date: August 01, 1997
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A woman is cruelly cut down in a remote corner of Arizona, killed on her nineteenth wedding anniversary by a drunk motorist. A year later, the driver himself dies badly, and all suspicions point to the slain woman's still grieving husband as his murderer. But the truth is rarely grey and white in the long Southwestern shadows, and one law officer is not rushing to condemn the tragic widower so quickly: Joanna Brady, Sheriff of Cochise County. Brady's convictions, however, are leading her on a twisted trail through inhospitable country -- and setting her on a path that will bring her face-to-face with cold, calculating death in the high, lonely desert.
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The best thing about Jance's books is Joanna Brady who became an Arizona county sheriff after her father and husband died on the job. Jance can move Brady from an exciting, dangerous scene on one page to a sensitive, touching personal moment on the next. In her latest outing, Brady is looking into two major crimes. But that doesn't stop her from giving a terrific speech about why selling Girl Scout cookies gave her confidence, or worrying about a friend trying to adopt a child in China, or even finally beginning to understand what makes her annoying mother tick. Earlier books in the Brady series: Desert Heat, Tombstone Courage, Shoot, Don't Shoot. Jance also authors the popular J.P. Beaumont series, which includes Dismissed With Prejudice, Failure to Appear, Lying in Wait, Name Withheld, Without Due Process.
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DEAD TO RIGHTS is number four in J.A. Jance's Joanna Brady series. A woman is killed on her anniversary. The very first of the series, DESERT HEAT began with a death on an aniversary--so this may be an overworked idea. The veterinarian driver of the car received a slap on the wrist for a drunk driving. The husband is furious and then the vet ends up dead with all the evidence pointing to the husband. Joanna doesn't think so and against the hostile attitudes of her inherited staff set out to prove the husband innocence.
Coping with her staff, the death of her husband, her daughter, her mother, and the adoption process of her best friend almost proves Joanna undoing.
The characters continue to unfold as "real people" in this light mystery, which is short on motive. Jance is a read and I've enjoyed Joanna and her adventures--wonder how important Butch Dixon will be in her life. Excellent read for the beach as summer draws to the close.
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An interesting book about Joanna Brady right after she became sherrif. Having read books that came after this one, it was nice to have the back story.
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In the beginning of the book, Hal Morgan and his wife of 10 years are celebrating a wonderful 10th wedding anniversary. But it all comes to a very tragic end when Bucky Buckwalter, the veterinary doctor in Bisbee Arizona, kills Hal's wife in a hit and run after he is stone drunk that night. All Bucky receives as a punishment is a hefty fine and a few days in jail. Hal Morgan wants to strike back, so he is targeting Dr. Buckwalter's vet practice for ways to get him back. There is a fire set one day at the clinic, and when Joanna Brady discovers this, she knows there are several injured, and finds right away almost that Bucky is dead.
Knowing that Hal had been hanging out there, right away he becomes a suspect in this murder. But he is not the only one under suspicion. Terry Buckwalter, Bucky's wife seems all too happy that Bucky is dead.
Joanna slowly uncovers the whole picture that Bucky was very unhappy in his marriage and having an affair with Bebe Noonan, who is actually pregnant with his child at the time of his death. With this information she has her doubts that Hal Morgan was the actual killer on the scene, but there are other things she has yet to uncover.
The chase is on toward the end of the book, and if Joanna and her other senior cops on the team don't act quickly, the real killer may escape town.
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The theme of the plot & story are very good, but after reading Rattlesnake Crossing, this was a disappointment. Maybe Jance is trying to develop her characters & their relationships here. But there is so much superfluous dialogue it becomes boring. A couple pages later you get lucky & she returns you to the story. A previous reviewer stated his least favorite chapter was #20. I agree. Unfortunately Chapter 20 is where the book's climax takes place. More superfluous nonsense in the middle of the story with the introduction, ever so briefly, of another character & a dog. Unneeded fluff. The book falls flat on it's face in it's ability to tie the story together well at the end. Possibly Jance was so distracted by other dialogue. Save your time & money unless you need a sleeping pill. Dead to Rights will put you out in short time
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The character of Joanna Brady keeps growing on the reading audience and J.A. Jance has created another winner with this series.
This book picks up the life of Joanna Brady a few months after her husband was killed and shortly after she's elected as the new Sheriff of Cochise County in Arizona (actually this is the fourth book in the series following DESERT HEAT, TOMBSTONE COURAGE, and SHOOT, DON'T SHOOT). This tale is another fast paced journey into not only Joanna's life as sheriff, but also through her personal life as well.
The main storyline revolves around the killing of a veterinarian, Bucky Buckwalter, and the new sheriff is once again tossed in the middle of turmoil. You'd think the murder investigation would be enough, but add in the facts that the prime suspect is a former cop and Bucky had killed the guy's wife a few years before while driving intoxicated and only received a slap on the wrist for his crime. Bad enough? Jance didn't think so, so then she inserts the fact that the two of them have had heated public arguments that Joanna didn't think needed intervention by the sheriff's office. Some in her department, looking for any excuse available to disrespect the new boss, are implying that she was ineffective and basically allowed the murder to happen. Ok, now it's getting more interesting but Jance still doesn't stop. Since all of the evidence conveniently points directly to Hal Morgan (the husband bent on revenge), Joanna feels it's a little too easy and investigates the case herself. Ok, now we have the makings of a great J.A. Jance mystery!
If you haven't read this series yet, that could be a good thing. You can begin reading now and when you finish one book you can easily obtain the subsequent line. For those of us who've read each one as they've come out, it can be a difficult wait while J.A. Jance and the publishers perfect the subsequent book. A difficult wait yes, but it will most certainly be worth the time you've anxiously awaited its arrival.
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