Joanna Brady Mysteries Desert Heat, Book 1, (Paperback)

from michaelm42071

Joanna Brady is Judy Jance's Arizona detective, forced into that role in this first book of the series when her husband, a Cochise County sheriff's deputy, is murdered and his death made to look like a suicide. Worse, there is evidence that Andy Brady was also involved in drug smuggling. Jance wa...

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Desert Heat is the first book in the Joanna Brady series. It begins with Joanna waiting impatiently for her husband who has promised to be home on time to take her out for their tenth anniversary. The Cochise County Deputy, who is also running for Sheriff, had special plans but he's hours late. B...

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Desert Heat is the first book in the Joanna Brady series. It begins with Joanna waiting impatiently for her husband who has promised to be home on time to take her out for their tenth anniversary. The Cochise County Deputy, who is also running for Sheriff, had special plans but he's hours late. B...

from Zumbanista

IMO, not an impressive start to a detective series featuring widowed Joanna Brady. Writing was workmanlike but characters weren't fleshed out. Our protagonist was dull and boring and peripheral figures flat. One or two action scenes near the end were well done, but not enough here to make me cont...

from MrsLee

Joanna Brady's husband is dead and the facts of the case are making him into a man she never knew. She is out to find the truth, wherever that leads. Having read Tombstone Courage first, I really wasn't looking forward to reading this. I thought it would be redundant and too sad. However, I'm gla...