Jance starts her books fast . -- South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Jance skillfully avoids the predictable. and close to a desperate and determined killer. . .
As Joanna and her team methodically hunt down answers, they begin to uncover a knotty web of sordid secrets and evil lies--clues that take the valiant sheriff down a winding and dangerous road that leads shockingly close to home .
Is this a terrible accident, a case of murder/suicide, or a double homicide? The investigation takes a puzzling twist when Joanna discovers that one victim was a local teacher and minister\'s wife, while the other was a brilliant microbiologist working toward her Ph.
D.--two vastly different women with seemingly no connections to link them.
The bodies of two women have been found at the base of a nearby peak, known to Bisbee locals as Geronimo. -- Los Angeles Times A puzzling new case has just hit Sheriff Joanna Brady\'s department, demanding every resource she has at her disposal--as well as help from neighboring law enforcement agencies and the Feds. and keeps things moving with cinematic panache. . .
Jance starts her books fast