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  • Judgment Call

  • Joanna Brady Mysteries
  • By: J. A. Jance
  • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
  • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (525 ratings)

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Judgment Call

By: J. A. Jance
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
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Publisher's summary

When Joanna Brady's daughter, Jenny, stumbles across the body of her high school principal, Debra Highsmith, in the desert, the Cochise County sheriff's personal and professional worlds collide. Though she's tried to protect her children from the dangers of the grown-up world, the search for justice leads straight to her own door and forces her to face the possibility that her beloved daughter may be less perfect than she seems.

Yet the deeper Joanna digs, the more complications she uncovers. It seems the quiet, upstanding principal had a hidden past, full of mysterious secrets she'd successfully kept buried for years. As the seasoned sheriff juggles professional constraints and personal demands, she finds herself walking a fine line between justice and family that has never been so blurred.

©2012 J.A. Jance (P)2012 HarperCollinsPublishers

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Perfection

All loose ends very satisfactorily tied up. Twisty challenging plot delicious to this new fan.

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Great Title for this

As always JA Jance brings different matters together in a compelling way. I was good to see Joanna resolve a cold case close to her heart.

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The worst narrator EVER!

What made the experience of listening to Judgment Call the most enjoyable?

The Story was wonderful. The narrator made the book very difficult to listen to.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Hillary Huber?

I don't know, but she would definitely NOT be my first choice. She reads as if she is bored to death and that makes the book difficult to listen to. Also, it's difficult to distinguish between her characters. They all sound the same.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The part when she realizes that her and her mother are similiar in certain ways and therefore understands her mother a little better.

Any additional comments?

I love all of J A Jance's books. She's a wonderful author. I just had a very difficult time liking this book due to the narrator.

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Extremely enjoyable

Once again, J A Jance did not disappoint... the storyline kept me on my toes and I just wanted to get to the next chapter!

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Good plot and …

Interesting characters too. J A Jance write I good book! Only have had one dud out of many. Do recommend this one for sure.

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Sheriff Brady to the Rescue, Again

Jance provides another winner. The action is fast paced and the suspense top rate. Jance is one of my favorite authors!

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really kept me interested

good storyline. strong characters. good pace. first I've read by this author but will try another

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Really surpassed all expectations!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Definitely, this has been the best Sherif Brady book so far and hasanswered so many unanswered questions from past books.

What did you like best about this story?

How she tied-in the past stories.

Which character – as performed by Hillary Huber – was your favorite?

No favorite, she does them all very well.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes! ! Both

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captivating story

I liked all of it! All of J A Jance books are excellent and exceptional entertainment. I marvel at her creativity.

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Love Having Joanna back.

I am just now listening to JUDGMENT CALL. Ms. Jance never writes another Joanna Brady book for me fast enough. I read DESERT HEAT a few years after I became a widow, and I have been following Joanna ever since.

This book is much better than FIRE and ICE, Yes, it was a Joanna Brady book with J P Beaumont. I didn't think it was up to par to the way I like to think a Joanna Brady book should be. Though life is full of changes, I wish that Frank Montoya was still with Joanna as her second in command. It's like catching up with the family.

As for the narrator, I personally wouldn't have picked Hillary Huber either. Her voice is a bit grating, but she is better than a few of the narrators I truly dislike and becuse of them, I will not listen to a book by a favorite author because of the narrator. There are many better narrators. Susan Ericksen would be my top pick, but she can't do all of the books we like to listen too.

Cassandra Campbell, Carrington McDuffie, Katherine Kellergen, Kate Reading, Susie Breck, and Barbara Rosenblatt are few of the narrators that come to my mind. I am sure there are a few others that I can't think of right now.

The problem is, it's not up to to the author or us who reads the books, it's up to the publishers. The fine ladies I just mentioned, may not be able to do it, or the publisher and recording companies do not want to put out the big bucks.

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