• 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 (518 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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Classic Jance

Love all of her stuff and this is well up to standard. Well read too. Some good tying up of old story lines.

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Fast moving and suspenseful story.

Great book. Narration excellent. Love this series! I especially liked the family dynamics and the mystery surrounding the sheriff's father's death.

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Brilliant

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

I have loved all the Joanna Brady Mysteries and enjoy all the characters and personalities. Every new book I think is it going to be as good? but they just got better.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Has to be Joanna, she has had so many experiences to knock her down but she remains positive and proactive.

Which scene was your favorite?

Joanna' mother giving her praise at the end of the aution

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Joanna solves the puzzle again.

Any additional comments?

J.A. Jance please keep all your characters going and give us many more stories to enjoy and thanks for all the ones already published.

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Ops, They caught me. I thought I did it right!

If you could sum up Judgment Call in three words, what would they be?

Loved the twists.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Yes, I finished it in 24 hours. The twists kept me guessing as to which way they would turn, and if I was right.

What does Hillary Huber bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She became all the different characters.

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

Yes, I hated the step-brother because he could not or would not understand what the father was doing, and how much the sister gave up just for doing the right thing.

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JOANNA AT HER BEST!

What did you love best about Judgment Call?

The fact that Joanna is still a tough Sheriff yet a wife and mother. She's dealing with one of the toughest type of crimes from both views.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Not so much on edge, but a typically good J.A. Jance story.

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

Joanna

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

Just the reaction coming from a mother/grandmother viewpoint

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Surprising conclusion!

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

The mingling of the colorful characters and their surprising roles in the story was most enjoyable.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

The constant twist in the story kept me from solving the crime.

What does Hillary Huber bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Hillary gave the characters individuality

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I had to keep myself monitored from listening from start to finish in one sitting.

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Good Story But BAD Narrator

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The storyline was good and typical of what a small town sherriff would encounter. I liked the mix of Joanna's personal and professional life being weaved into the story. There were no real surprises or twists, just a narration of what a murder investigation is about to Joanna Brady.

Would you recommend Judgment Call to your friends? Why or why not?

No. The narrator is extremely bad. Distracted a lot from the story line. Perhaps if there was a different narrator I would recommend the book.

What didn’t you like about Hillary Huber’s performance?

This narrator has a smarmy, bored, toneless narration. There was very little inflection. No voice characterizations of the different characters in the story, and her voice sounds like she is very bored and distracted. It sounds like she has no interest in telling the story. Smarmy, nasal, and bored are what comes to mind when I listen to the narrator's voice.

Why would you pick her to read a best seller? Surely there are better qualified narrators available. Was she picked because she works the cheapest? It is mystifying to me why audible would have a bad narrator read a good book.

Did Judgment Call inspire you to do anything?

No.

Any additional comments?

Please be more careful in choosing narrators. Why in the world would you think this narrator would appeal to any listener??

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Her Best Brady Novel Yet

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

Jance quickly pulls you into this latest and best Joanna Brady novel. The interaction between Joanna and her family is an integral part of the story and revelations about the past offer insight into the present.

What did you like best about this story?

Joanna Brady and her family.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, and I did.

Any additional comments?

J.A. Jance needs to write faster.

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Bad narator

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

Good story.

What didn’t you like about Hillary Huber’s performance?

Her voice seemed too 'cigarette and whiskey'.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, the voice was distracting to me.

Any additional comments?

I love all of J A Jance, but will watch who the narrators are in the future!

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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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