The Old Blue Line by J A Jance

The Old Blue Line by J A Jance

Butch Dixon has been taken for a ride ...

Not a jump in the car, see the sights kind of ride. He's been taken for everything he has. He's lost his house, his restaurant business, his savings, his car, his best friend, his faith--all to his conniving ex-wife. But that was seven years ago. He picked himself up, left Chicago, and started over in Peoria, Arizona, running the Roundhouse Bar and Grill. He doesn't look back on those bad years; there's no point. Not until two curious cops show up at the Roundhouse.

Faith, Butch's ex-wife, has been murdered, and the evidence points to him. Stunned, Butch quickly realizes that the black-hearted woman is going to ruin him again, from her grave. Lucky for Butch, the Old Blue Line, a group of retired--but still sharp and tenacious--former legal and law enforcement coots, have taken it upon themselves, as a favor, to make sure he doesn't cross that thin line. After the dust settles, Butch's life is again upended--when a little red-haired ball of fire, Sheriff Joanna Brady, takes a seat at his bar.

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.