From the Publisher
When violence from the drug wars with the Mexican cartels
crosses the border into Arizona, severely injuring an old friend,
Ali Reynolds steps in to investigate in New York Times
bestselling author J.A. Jance's newest mystery.
When Santa Cruz county deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, one of Ali
Reynolds's classmates from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned
down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent
victim of the drug wars escalating across the border. But the crime
scene investigation shows there's much more to it than that, and
soon he and his pregnant wife, Teresa, are both under
suspicion.
Ali Reynolds owes Jose Reyes a debt of gratitude for the help he
gave her years earlier. When she's summoned to his bedside at Mercy
Medical Center in Tucson, it's impossible for Ali to turn away.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Ali finds her good friend, Sister
Anselm, is there as well, working as patient advocate on behalf of
another seriously injured victim, an unidentified border crosser
who was raped and savagely beaten.
As more bodies pile up, Ali and Sister Anselm find themselves
confronting the evil of the drug cartels across the border head-on,
with no way of knowing who the next victim will be.
About the Author
J. A. Jance was born in South Dakota on October 27, 1944. She received a degree in English and Secondary Education in 1966 and a M. Ed. in Library Science in 1970 from the University of Arizona. Before becoming an author, she taught high school English, worked as a school librarian on a Native American reservation, and sold insurance. She is the author of three mystery series: J. P. Beaumont Mystery series, Joanna Brady Mystery series, and The Ali Reynolds series. She won the American Mystery Award in 1992 and 1993 for Without Due Process and Failure to Appear, respectively. Both of these titles are books in the J. P. Beaumont Mystery series. She has just written the fourth book in her Brandon Walker series. It is entitled Queen of the Night. At signings, Jance asks bookstores to donate a percentage of their earnings from her appearances to various causes.
About the Book
When violence from the drug wars with the Mexican cartels crosses the border into Arizona, severely injuring an old friend, Ali Reynolds steps in to investigate in "New York Times"-bestselling author Jance's newest mystery.
Format: Hardcover
Published: April 9, 2013
Publisher: Touchstone
Language: English
The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10: 1451628587
ISBN - 13: 9781451628586
