Murder and Redemption: Inside J.A. Jance’s Devil’s Claw

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Devil’s Claw is a great police procedural book in the Joanna Brady Mysteries series by J.A. Jance. A teenager has vanished and her mother, a just-released ex-con is found murdered. Meanwhile, Sheriff Brady’s neighbor has died and she is trying to get ready for her wedding, resulting in a very complicated personal situation!

J.A. Jance’s books are always engaging and full of fascinating, multidimensional characters. Jance’s characters do not life “uncomplicated” lives. With its rich tapestry of interconnected lives and thrilling plot twists, Devil’s Claw is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats while exploring themes of redemption, loss, and resilience in the face of adversity.

the girl’s stubborn silence had rendered her so invisible that the other kids no longer even noticed her.

J.A. Jance, Devil’s Claw

Summary

A spellbinding story of life and death, rage and murder in the silent Arizona night from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance

In the desert, a Native American woman is dead—an ex-con once jailed for the murder of her husband—and her teenage daughter has vanished into the long shadows of the night-still canyons. A dedicated law officer, Sheriff Joanna Brady of Cochise County has suffered stoically through loss and pain—yet she has never wavered in her commitment to duty and the pursuit of justice. Now, as she stands on the brink of a new life and new happiness, death is summoning her once more, calling her down a twisted trail of hatred, greed, and devastating consequence to the black heart of the Dragoon Mountains.There is no respite yet for Joanna Brady—only a terrifying excursion into a world of passion and violence, where long-buried secrets are the best reasons of all to kill . . . or to die.

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