VJ Books Presents Author J.A. Jance!
Judith Ann (J.A.) Jance is an American author of mystery and horror novels. She writes four series of novels: centering on retired Seattle Police Department officer J. P. Beaumont, Arizona county sheriff Joanna Brady, the Walker Family stories set on the Tohono O'odham reservation, and ex-TV Journalist Ali Reynolds. In Partner in Crime and Fire and Ice, Beaumont and Brady's stories intersect.
Her latest novel, Nothing to Lose is the 25th installment in the J.P. Beaumont series. Beaumont is approached by a visitor from the past and finds himself drawn into a missing person’s case where danger is lurking and family secrets are exposed.
Years ago, when he was a homicide detective with the Seattle PD, J. P. Beaumont’s partner, Sue Danielson, was murdered. Volatile and angry, Danielson’s ex-husband came after her in her home and, with nowhere else to turn, Jared, Sue’s teenage son, frantically called Beau for help. As Beau rushed to the scene, he urged Jared to grab his younger brother and flee the house. In the end, Beaumont’s plea and Jared’s quick action saved the two boys from their father’s murderous rage.
Now, almost twenty years later, Jared reappears in Beau’s life seeking his help once again—his younger brother Chris is missing. Still haunted by the events of that tragic night, Beau doesn’t hesitate to take on the case. Following a lead all the way to the wilds of wintertime Alaska, he encounters a tangled web of family secrets in which a killer with nothing to lose is waiting to take another life.
Jance wrote her first three novels between 4am and 7am as a single mother and full-time life insurance saleswoman.
A voracious reader, Jance knew she wanted to be a writer from the moment she read her first
Wizard of Oz book in second grade. Always drawn to mysteries, from Nancy Drew right through John D. McDonald's Travis Magee series, it was only natural that when she tried her hand at writing her first book, it would be a mystery as well.
Jance was born in Watertown, South Dakota and raised in Bisbee, Arizona, the setting for her Joanna Brady series of novels. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona. Before becoming an author, she worked as a school librarian on a Native American reservation, as a teacher, and selling insurance. Jance uses her initials for her pen name because a publisher told her that disclosing her gender would be a liability for a book about a male detective.
You can find a signed copy of Nothing to Lose and other Joe Ide signed books below.
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J.A. Jance Bibilography
J.P. Beaumont Series
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Until Proven Guilty - 1985
- Injustice for All - 1986
- Trial by Fury - 1986
- Taking the Fifth - 1987
- Improbable Cause - 1987
- A More Perfect Union - 1988
- Dismissed with Prejudice - 1989
- Minor in Possession - 1990
- Payment in Kind - 1991
- Without Due Process - 1993
- Failure to Appear - 1994
- Lying in Wait - 1995
- Name Withheld - 1997
- Breach of Duty - 1999
- Birds of Prey - 2002
- Partner in Crime - 2003
- Long Time Gone - 2005
- Justice Denied - 2007
- Fire and Ice - 2009
- Betrayal of Trust - 2011
- Second Watch - 2013
- Dance of the Bones - 2015
- Proof of Life - 2017
- Sins of the Fathers - 2019
- Nothing to Lose - 2022
Joanna Brady Series
- Desert Heat - 1993
- Tombstone Courage - 1995
- Shoot/Don't Shoot - 1996
- Dead to Rights - 1997
- Skeleton Canyon - 1998
- Rattlesnake Crossing - 1998
- Outlaw Mountain - 2000
- Devil’s Claw - 2001
- Paradise Lost - 2002
- Partner in Crime - 2003
- Exit Wounds - 2004
- Dead Wrong - 2006
- Damage Control - 2008
- Fire and Ice - 2009
- Judgment Call - 2012
- Remains of Innocence - 2014
- Downfall - 2016
- Field of Bones - 2018
- Missing and Endangered - 2021
Ali Reynolds Series
- Edge of Evil - 2006
- Web of Evil - 2007
- Hand of Evil - 2007
- Cruel Intent - 2008
- Trial By Fire - 2009
- Fatal Error - 2011
- Left for Dead - 2012
- Deadly Stakes - 2013
- Moving Target - 2014
- Cold Betrayal - 2015
- Clawback - 2016
- Man Overboard - 2017
- Duel to the Death - 2018
- The A List - April 2019
- Credible Threat - 2020
- Unfinished Business - 2021
Walker Family Mysteries
- Hour of the Hunter - 1990
- Kiss of the Bees - 2001
- Day of the Dead - 2005
- Queen of the Night - 2010
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