Queen of the Night

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The fourth book in New York Timesbestselling author J. A. Jances Walker Family series is a chilling tale of murder past and present that connects and devastates three families.

Brilliant....[Jance] has crafted a mystery that Hillerman would be proud of and that her fans will love. Publishers Weekly(starred review)

Two murders committed generations apart resonate through three separate families, threatening to destroy them. The first case, involving the long unsolved murder of an Arizona State University co-ed, is passed off to retired homicide detective Brandon Walker, who is now a volunteer with a cold case squad called The Last Chance.

In the second, Dan Pardee, a member of a border patrol unit operating on the Tohono Oodham Nation west of Tucson, joins with Pima County homicide investigator Brian Fellows to track a killer who has gone off the charts. Throughout, the stories and traditions of the Desert People illuminate their efforts and help them find a most dangerous criminal.

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"Brilliant....[Jance] has crafted a mystery that Hillerman would be proud of and that her fans will love." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Queen of the Night

"Jance offers that rare--and welcome--hybrid: the suspense novel with heart...[She] is at the top of her game and just about irresistible." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Queen of the Night

"Fans of police procedurals with a Southwestern flair will love Joanna's determination to manage marriage, motherhood, and policing in this 19th Joanna Brady book." -- Library Journal on Missing and Endangered

"The two parallel cases provide plenty of action, while keeping a premium on character studies and violence to a minimum. Once again, the compassionate, intelligent Joanna balances a busy home life and a complex job with aplomb. This long-running series consistently entertains." -- Publishers Weekly on Missing and Endangered

"Bestseller Jance's enjoyable 25^th J.P. Beaumont mystery...J.P. is a fully developed character, and his frequent calls to [his wife] Melissa to discuss the case are both touching and insightful. They make a good team even at a distance. New readers will happily join the ranks of longtime fans." -- Publishers Weekly on Nothing to Lose

Author Bio

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