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Judith Ann Jance is the top 10 New York Times bestselling author of the Joanna Brady series; the J. P. Beaumont series; three interrelated thrillers featuring the Walker family; and Edge of Evil, the first in a series featuring Ali Reynolds. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.

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* J.P. Beaumont
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To Outline or Not Outline

To Outline or Not Outline, that is the question—with apologies to the Bard himself, William Shakespeare.

I first met outlining in Mrs. Watkins’ sixth grade geography class. I hated it then, I hate it now. I’m what people sometimes call a “Seat-of-the-Pantser. In other words, I start writing a book and follow the story to see where it’s going. That was as true for my first book, Until Proven Guilty,

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	Desert Heat (Joanna Brady, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 16,281 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Until Proven Guilty (J.P. Beaumont, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 16,469 ratings — published 1985 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missing and Endangered (Joanna Brady, #19) 4.25 avg rating — 11,368 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing to Lose (J.P. Beaumont, #25) 4.38 avg rating — 10,836 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire and Ice (J.P. Beaumont, #19 / Joanna Brady, #14) 4.05 avg rating — 11,125 ratings — published 2009 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tombstone Courage (Joanna Brady, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 11,051 ratings — published 1994 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edge of Evil (Ali Reynolds, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 10,715 ratings — published 2005 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Second Watch (J.P. Beaumont, #21) 4.23 avg rating — 9,520 ratings — published 2013 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Partner in Crime (J.P. Beaumont, #16 / Joanna Brady, #10) 4.11 avg rating — 9,594 ratings — published 2002 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remains of Innocence (Joanna Brady, #16) 4.15 avg rating — 9,479 ratings — published 2014 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Beyond a certain point, that was all a mother could do for her children - Hang around long enough to drive them crazy.”
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“I've long maintained that women are born knowing things it takes men a whole lifetime to figure out. This was simply one more case in point.”
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Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

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Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz

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One Good Deed by David Baldacci

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Rules Of Prey by John Sandford

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Gone for Good by Joanna Schaffhausen

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Long Bright River by Liz Moore

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Until Proven Guilty by J.A. Jance

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Close to Her by Elizabeth Gunn

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Open Carry by Marc Cameron

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Thanks for being my Goodreads friend, although since I've read ALL of your books, I feel like we're already friends. "Dance of the Bones" is next up on my Kindle. My reading genre of choice has always been mysteries and thrillers and I hardly ever get into sci-fi, but I started to see movie ads for the new Matt Damon movie, "The Martian" and it looked really good. I'm one of those people who always insist that the book is better than the movie. So I got "The Martian" by Andy Weir and I can't put it down. I highly recommend it to everyone who wants to read a "by the seat of your pants" book with just the right amount of humor.

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