Damage Control

By: J. A. Jance

Narrated by: Johanna Parker

Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's Summary

On a beautiful sunny day in the Coronado National Monument, an elderly couple's car goes off the side of a mountain and into oblivion. The terrain is so rocky that a helicopter must be flown in to retrieve the bodies, and to make matters worse, a thunder-storm is looming on the horizon. Hours later and miles away, the subsiding rain reveals gruesome evidence: two trash bags containing human remains.

It's just another day in the life of Cochise County sheriff Joanna Brady.

Back at home, Joanna has a newborn baby, a teenage daughter, a writer husband, and a difficult mother to deal with. But in the field, it turns out that she has much more on her hands. The remains are those of a handicapped woman who had wandered away from a care facility with a suspicious track record. Another resident, with whom the woman may have been involved, has also been reported missing.

Meanwhile, a note is found in the glove compartment of the car lying twisted down the mountainside, stating that its occupants intended to take their own lives. Yet a contradictory autopsy report surfaces, and when the deceased's two daughters show up to feud over their inheritance, Joanna knows there is more to this case than just a suicide pact.

And she will go all out to find the truth - no matter where it leads.

©2008 J. A. Jance (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic Reviews

"Jance beautifully evokes the desert and towns of her beloved southwest as well as the strong individuals who live there." ( Publishers Weekly)

Meanders Too Much!

This was my first Jance book and probably my last. The book has several sub-plots that don't really add much to the main story line. In addition, the connection to the prologue isn't revealed until the last few minutes of the book.

8 of 9 people found this review helpful

Damage control

A twist in almost every chapter but in the end all the questions of who dis what was answered. Very well written and kept my attention all the way til the end. I especially liked the ‘ride into the sunset’ ending.
Would definitely read it again!

fun read

It's a fun read but she runs out of steam at the end. It's heavy on dead bodies and relationships, and a little short on plot development.

0 of 1 people found this review helpful