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Joanna Brady Series

21 primary works • 27 total works
Joanna Brady is Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona and lives in the county seat of Bisbee.

Book 1

Desert Heat
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4.03 · 15628 Ratings · 854 Reviews · published 1993 · 25 editions
Life is good for Joanna Brady in the small desert …

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    Book 2

    Tombstone Courage
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    4.07     · 10567 Ratings · 482 Reviews · published 1994 · 25 editions
    After solving the mystery of Andy Brady's murder a…

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    Book 3

    Shoot Don't Shoot
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    4.07     · 8520 Ratings · 404 Reviews · published 1995 · 4 editions
    Recently elected sherriff of Cochise County Ariz, …

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    Book 4

    Dead to Rights
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    4.06     · 7952 Ratings · 328 Reviews · published 1996 · 29 editions
    A woman is cruelly cut down in a remote corner of …

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    Book 5

    Skeleton Canyon
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    4.07     · 7259 Ratings · 334 Reviews · published 1997 · 26 editions
    After the murder of Brianna O'Brien, a beautiful g…

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    Book 6

    Rattlesnake Crossing
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    4.11     · 8185 Ratings · 317 Reviews · published 1998 · 31 editions
    JoAnna Brady is no tough-talking V.I. Warshawski o…

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    Book 7

    Outlaw Mountain
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    4.09     · 6895 Ratings · 285 Reviews · published 1999 · 29 editions
    The death of a free-spirited elderly widow leads S…

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    Book 8

    Devil's Claw
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    4.08     · 6324 Ratings · 283 Reviews · published 2001 · 26 editions
    A missing teenager and an octogenarian found dead …

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    Book 9

    Paradise Lost
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    4.07     · 6923 Ratings · 318 Reviews · published 2001 · 25 editions
    When Cochise County, Arizona, Sheriff Joanna Brady…

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    Book 10

    Partner in Crime
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    4.10     · 9259 Ratings · 439 Reviews · published 2002 · 32 editions
    The dead woman on a cold slab in the Arizona morgu…

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    Book 11

    Exit Wounds
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    4.07     · 7471 Ratings · 338 Reviews · published 2003 · 38 editions
    Sheriff Joanna Brady seeks an elusive and chilling…

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    Book 12

    Dead Wrong
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    4.12     · 7600 Ratings · 376 Reviews · published 2006 · 42 editions
    Juggling a family and a career is never easy—and i…

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    Book 13

    Damage Control
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    4.08     · 7783 Ratings · 478 Reviews · published 2008 · 29 editions
    Feeling overwhelmed by paperwork and the responsib…

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    Book 14

    Fire and Ice
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    4.05     · 10793 Ratings · 543 Reviews · published 2009 · 33 editions
    In the gripping Fire and Ice, Jance showcases both…

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    Book 15

    Judgment Call
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    4.13     · 8657 Ratings · 615 Reviews · published 2012 · 31 editions
    New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance brin…

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    Book 15.5

    The Old Blue Line
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    4.08     · 4342 Ratings · 301 Reviews · published 2014 · 14 editions
    Butch Dixon has been taken for a ride …

    Not a jump …

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    Book 16

    Remains of Innocence
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    4.15     · 9131 Ratings · 781 Reviews · published 2014 · 18 editions
    An old woman, both a hermit and a hoarder, is dyin…

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    Book 16.5

    No Honor Among Thieves
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    3.96     · 4265 Ratings · 272 Reviews · published 2015 · 9 editions
    For the first time ever, Ali Reynolds and Joanna B…

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    Book 16.6

    Random Acts
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    4.07     · 4714 Ratings · 322 Reviews · published 2016 · 10 editions
    From New York Times bestselling author

    J. A. JANCE

    c…

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    Book 17

    Downfall
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    4.21     · 8583 Ratings · 720 Reviews · published 2016 · 14 editions
    Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady returns in this outst…

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    Book 18

    Field of Bones
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    4.16     · 8143 Ratings · 770 Reviews · published 2018 · 1 edition
    Sheriff Joanna Brady’s best intentions to stay on …

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    Book 19

    Missing and Endangered
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    4.25     · 10820 Ratings · 841 Reviews · published 2021 · 11 editions
    Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady’s professional…

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    Book 20

    Blessing of the Lost Girls
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    4.18     · 7961 Ratings · 564 Reviews · published 2023 · 10 editions
    Returning to her southwest roots, New York Times b…

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    Book 21

    The Girl from Devil's Lake
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    4.42     · 3830 Ratings · 323 Reviews · 10 editions
    Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady solves her big…

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    Book 1-5

    Dead to Rights / Desert Heat / Skeleton Canyon / Tombstone Courage / Shoot, Don't Shoot
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    4.38     · 80 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 1 edition

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    Book 15.5-16

    Remains of Innocence / The Old Blue Line
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    4.14     · 112 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    This book is a book club edition of Remains of Inn…

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    Book 16.6, 17

    Downfall / Random Acts
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    4.19     · 105 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 2 editions
    DOWNFALL

    It’s late August and Cochise County Sherif…

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