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    Rattlesnake Crossing: A Joanna Brady Mystery
    Rattlesnake Crossing: A Joanna Brady Mystery
    Rattlesnake Crossing: A Joanna Brady Mystery
    Audiobook12 hours

    Rattlesnake Crossing: A Joanna Brady Mystery

    Written by J. A. Jance

    Narrated by C. J. Critt

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    Sheriff Joanna Brady is the law in Cochise County, and she will never allow her personal trials to interfere with the job she was elected to do—especially now that death has invaded Bisbee, Arizona, and has shattered the small desert town's fragile peace.

    A gun dealer has died violently, and his stock of high-powered weapons has been cleaned out. Suspicion falls upon rancher Alton Hosfield, an armed separatist at war with the federal government and the local law—with everyone, in fact, whom he perceives as a threat to his independent way of life.

    Joanna Brady suspects the solution is not so cut-and-dried—especially when the cold-blooded slaying is followed by a series of others, equally horrific and perplexing. At best, an incendiary ""Ruby Ridge"" situation is brewing. At worst, a maniacal serial killer has come to feed on her unsuspecting community. But Joanna's preoccupation with bringing a murderer to justice could take a terrible toll on her private life . . . and unravel threads of family, love, and responsibility that might never again be retied.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateApr 13, 2010
    ISBN9780061953903
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    J. A. Jance

    J. A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the J. P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, the Ali Reynolds series, six thrillers about the Walker Family, and one volume of poetry. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, she lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington.

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    • 4/5
      The story is good like all the previous ones. But there’s something wrong with the audio, it “jumps”. No recording should be uploaded like that.
    • 4/5
      Good book so far it's a good audio book series love JA Jance series
    • 5/5
      This was the best one yet! Highly recommended to read in order though.
    • 3/5
      Parts of it were interesting and parts not so interesting. I don't think I've ever read J. A. Jance before. For some reason, when I saw the name, in my head, the author was male, so when I got to the end of the book and saw the author's photo and realized she's female, it was a surprise to me.This book was on the Y's book exchange shelf, so I jumped into the series at book 6. I wasn't too lost though there were a few things that weren't explained well enough for me to know what was going on.I liked that Butch plans to become an author and the joke about his pen name was amusing. I liked most of the police. Even Ernie Sandoval who didn't exactly do things by the book. I think he had a good heart at least at first--but eventually I think he was more in it for the perks than for doing what he did because of his friendship with Ramos.The plot of the serial killer is mostly interest-holding.I feel sad for Joanna who lost her husband and is left to raise her daughter as a single mom. I'm glad she has the help of both sets of parents. She seems like a dedicated law enforcement officer who is trying to do things correctly as well as set a good example. I can't remember how long it's been since Andy's death--long enough that Joanna is thinking about getting involved romantically again with not too many people being upset or surprised by it. I think Joanna worries a bit too much about what others think of her actions, particularly her in laws (who have conveniently taken Joanna's daughter on a vacation for most of this book).I was disappointed that Joanna and Butch ended up sleeping together. They don't even seem to have a defined relationship, let alone a serious one (though they may move that way). The good news is that the sex is mostly implied and not graphically described.I might read other books by the author if I come across them, but I'm not sure I'd go seek them out--hence my middle of the road rating.
    • 5/5
      Two cattle and a well pump shot by a sniper, shortly followed up with a report of a missing woman soon spirals into the discovery of gruesome murders; more than the department has ever handled at one time. And based on some insight from an FBI profiler, it sounds like Sheriff Joanna Brady and her department needs to work fast to prevent the death count from going even higher in a hurry. I’ve been reading the books in this series back-to-back and one thing I’ve found necessary is to keep a box of tissues handy. Sometimes because of something happy and other times sadness. And this one is no exception when it comes to things going on in her personal life.With each book we get more insight into the secondary characters and at this point I couldn’t imagine these stories without them as they’ve become just as important to the series as the main character, all with enough sides to them that they feel like real people. And we see growth in Joanna, both in her personal life and healing from Andy’s death, as well as in her job. She’s definitely not perfect and does make an occasional mistake, but has a good head on her shoulders and compassion in her heart and more often than not weighs the consequences before opening her mouth or making a decision.The mystery angle takes the investigation in a number of directions, although I have to say it was easy to guess the culprit once hearing the profiler’s report. Action, drama, humor, mystery, tension, politics and heartache are all found in this story with (mostly) likeable characters. One thing I’ve found interesting is that this part of the country, the way they live and what’s normal to them is drastically different than what is normal for someone living far away from a ranch and canyons and in a more populated area. It’s been a learning experience and expanded my understanding of why attitudes on a number of issues can be so different.This is the 6th book in the series and I’ve read all six books in less than 1-1/2 weeks. If that doesn’t tell you how good these books are, I don’t know what else could.
    • 4/5
      "Rattlesnake Crossing" is the 6th of 14 books in the Joanna Brady series about Sheriff Joanna of Bisbee, AZ. This is my first J.A. Jance and its appeal was the Arizona background. While the book has a fair amount of violence, and a little bit of sex, both have a bit of a sterile feel. Jance avoids detailing the shock and emotion -it's as though I was reading a movie script and as he took her hand and led her to the bedroom....(FADE TO BLACK). Certainly that works for sex scenes for a lot of people, but when someone is shot in the head in a very close environment the survivors are not going to be in a state to calm themselves quickly much less make a phone call for some time. So there are a lot of dead bodies, the mystery is fairly interesting, the relationship between the Sheriff and the BF leaves me flat (I think he's too wimpy, too nice a guy), and I'm not really crazy about our heroine. I note that this series started in the 90's and for a long time there was a book just about every year but recently they've been coming out every 2-4 years; I take that as a possible indication of waning interest by the author. Yes, I know there is another Jance series. That all being said, I might wind up reading another one or two, just to soak in the environment of the Southeast AZ desert on occasion. But it'll be a while before I read the next one.
    • 3/5
      Sheriff Brady has a serial killer on her hands and in her county. She is racing the clock to solve this one before they kill again.I spotted the culprit as soon as it was introduced, so not much mystery in this story for me. The characters still go a long way to carry the tale though. I still worry about Joanna Brady, she is beginning to seem self-absorbed. I also missed the author focusing on some of the minor characters, which she has done so well before. Not my favorite, but still a quick and captivating read.