J. A. Jance
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J. A. Jance

J.A. Jance is the top 10 New York Times bestselling author of the Joanna Brady series; the J. P. Beaumont series; three interrelated thrillers featuring the Walker family; and Edge of Evil, the first in a series featuring Ali Reynolds. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.

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Best Sellers

    • Field of Bones

    • A Brady Novel of Suspense
    • By: J. A. Jance
    • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
    • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 249
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 230
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 227

    Sheriff Joanna Brady’s best intentions to stay on maternity leave take a hit when a serial homicide case rocks Cochise County, dragging her into a far-reaching investigation to bring down a relentless killer in this chilling tale of suspens.... 

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • A Great Series

    • By Jean on 09-17-18

    Regular price: $30.79

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • Duel to the Death

    • By: J. A. Jance
    • Narrated by: Karen Ziemba
    • Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 219
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 201
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 201

    Stu finds himself left with a multimillion-dollar fortune in Bitcoin in a desperate bid by Frigg, a rogue AI program, to keep itself from being fully deactivated. Stu enlists the help of Ali Reynolds....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Engaging

    • By Jean on 05-06-18

    Regular price: $24.49

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    • Proof of Life

    • A J. P. Beaumont Novel
    • By: J. A. Jance
    • Narrated by: Alan Sklar
    • Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 361
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 321
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 319

    When his longtime nemesis, Maxwell Cole, dies in what's officially deemed to be an accidental fire, Beau is astonished to be dragged into the investigation....

    • 3 out of 5 stars

    • Please bring the other narrator back!

    • By Laurel Lynn on 09-10-17

    Regular price: $28.51

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    • Shoot Don't Shoot

    • Joanna Brady Mysteries, Book 3
    • By: J. A. Jance
    • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
    • Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 278
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 234
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 232

    A prisoner languishes in a Phoenix jail cell, accused of brutally slaying his estranged wife....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • good book

    • By Linda on 12-31-09

    Regular price: $28.51

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    • Skeleton Canyon

    • Joanna Brady Mysteries, Book 5
    • By: J. A. Jance
    • Narrated by: C. J. Critt
    • Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 220
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 195
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 193

    A pretty, popular teenager never returned from her secret tryst in Skeleton Canyon....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Positive feedback

    • By DM on 10-05-16

    Regular price: $28.51

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • Payment in Kind

    • J. P. Beaumont Series, Book 9
    • By: J. A. Jance
    • Narrated by: Gene Engene
    • Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 210
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 166
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 164

    The bloody corpses in the broom closet of a Seattle School District building looked like a classic crime of passion, but 20-year-old clues point J. P. Beaumont to something much more sinister.....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Great book and great website

    • By Stephanie on 02-22-10

    Regular price: $16.79

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • Man Overboard

    • An Ali Reynolds Novel
    • By: J. A. Jance
    • Narrated by: Karen Ziemba
    • Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 507
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 460
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 458

    Roger McGeary, a brilliant software engineer, has gifted himself with an upscale cruise in honor of his 40th birthday....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Imaginative

    • By Jean on 04-20-17

    Regular price: $24.49

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    • Trial by Fury

    • J. P. Beaumont Series, Book 3
    • By: J. A. Jance
    • Narrated by: Gene Engene
    • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 314
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 240
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 236

    The body lies amid the garbage behind a Seattle grocery store. He was a high-school basketball coach - and J. P. Beaumont discovers he was lynched....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Story good, narration grating

    • By Kindle Customer on 03-18-14

    Regular price: $16.79

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    • Judgment Call

    • Joanna Brady Mysteries
    • By: J. A. Jance
    • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
    • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 340
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 282
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 291

    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....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Love Having Joanna back.

    • By Mara on 08-14-12

    Regular price: $28.51

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    • Web of Evil

    • A Novel of Suspense
    • By: J. A. Jance
    • Narrated by: Karen Ziemba
    • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 243
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 169
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 173

    As she passes the site of an accident, Ali is grateful that it's no longer her job to report the news, until she finds out that the news is her own: the victim is Ali's cheating husband....

    • 2 out of 5 stars

    • Disappointed in you, Judy!

    • By Cheryl on 01-20-07

    Regular price: $31.93

    Free with 30-day Trial

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