The Joanna Brady Mysteries - Book 16
Remains of Innocence
“Remains of Innocence is a fast-paced mystery with one of the strongest female protagonists on the scene today. There is no doubt that Joanna can handle anything thrown at her…It’s been gratifying to watch Joanna’s family grow and her daughter mature; this book is a nice payoff for longtime readers.”
RT Book Reviews (4 stars)
Sheriff Joanna Brady must solve two perplexing cases that may be tied together in New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance’s thrilling tale of suspense that brings to life Arizona’s Cochise County and the desert Southwest in all its beauty and mystery.
An old woman, a hoarder, is dying of emphysema in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In cleaning out her house, her daughter, Liza Machett, discovers a fortune in hundred dollar bills hidden in the tall stacks of books and magazines that crowd every corner.
Tracing the money’s origins will take Liza on a journey that will end in Cochise County, where Sheriff Joanna Brady is embroiled in a personal mystery of her own. A man she considers a family friend is found dead at the bottom of a hole in a limestone cavern near Bisbee. And now there is the mystery of Liza and the money. Are the two disparate cases connected? It’s up to Joanna to find out.
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