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Moving Target: A Novel: Volume 9
By (Author) J.A. Jance
Simon & Schuster
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7th October 2025
United States
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
Crime and mystery: women sleuths
FIC
Paperback
352
Width 135mm, Height 210mm, Spine 22mm
271g
Humming with suspense and never-ending action (RT Book Reviews), this unputdownable thriller follows Ali Reynolds as she unearths a cold case that puts her in the crosshairs of a deadly arsonistfrom New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance.
Lance Tucker, an incarcerated juvenile offender and talented hacker in his own right, is set on fire while hanging Christmas decorations in a lockup rec room. B. Simpson, Ali Reynoldss fianc and the man who helped put Lance in jail, feels obliged to get to the bottom of what happened. With Ali off in England to help Leland Brooks at a reunion with his long-estranged family, B. turns to someone else to help outAlis good friend and Taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm.
Meanwhile, in BournemouthLelands hometownAli begins to investigate the decades-old murder of his father, which Leland himself was once suspected of committing. With unsolved murders on both sides of the Atlantic, Ali, B., and Sister Anselm are united by their search for answersand the danger they get into as a result in this high-flying thriller that hits the bulls eye (South Florida Sun-Sentinel).
"Compelling... satisfying." -- USA Today
"Jance skillfully avoids the predictable. . . . Her crisp plotting, sharp characters and realistic dialogue carry Moving Target through its many surprising twists."-- "South Florida Sun Sentinel"
J.A. Jance is theNew York Timesbestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series, the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, and the Walker Family series. Born in South Dakota and raised in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington. Visit her online at JAJance.com.