Dead Wrong by J A Jance

Dead Wrong by J A Jance

Juggling a family and a career has never been easy for Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady. Now the impending birth of her second child only adds to her burden, especially when two brutal crimes fall under her jurisdiction.

A corpse is discovered in the Arizona desert with the fingers severed from both hands--the body of an ex-con who served twenty years for a murder he claimed not to remember. Soon after, one of Joanna's female officers is savagely assaulted and left for dead while on an unauthorized stakeout. Since the victim is one of their own, the department directs the bulk of its resources toward finding her attacker. But the desert slaying haunts Joanna as well, and neither her pregnancy nor family concerns will keep her from doingher duty, no matter how perilous. Because justice must be served. And enforcing the law has become more than what Joanna Brady does--it's what she is.

Jance is the bestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series, as well as the J. The Walker family is featured in a variety of works, including the Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, and the Joanna Brady series. Jance worked as a librarian and a teacher on a Native American reserve before becoming an novelist. Jance and her husband live in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona. She was born in South Dakota and grew up in Bisbee, Arizona.