Unfinished Business
By (Author) J.A. Jance
16
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
1st June 2021
United States
Hardback
352
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 30mm
501g
In this heart-pounding and sharply written thriller from J.A. Jance, the grand master of the genre (The Providence Journal), Ali Reynoldss personal life is thrown into turmoil just as two men show up on the scenea former employee of her husbands who has just been released from prison and a serial killer who sets his sights a little too close to home.
Mateo Vega, a one-time employee of Ali Reynolds husband, B. Simpson, has spent the last sixteen years of his life behind bars. According to the courts, he murdered his girlfriend. But Mateo knows that her real killer is still on the loose, and the first thing hes going to do when he gets a taste of freedom is track him down.
After being granted parole, a wary Mateo approaches Stu Ramey of High Noon Enterprises for a reference letter for a job application, but to his surprise, Stu gives him one better: He asks him to come on board and work for B. once again. Just as Mateo starts his new job, though, chaos breaks out at High Noona deadbeat tenant who is in arrears has just fled, and tech expert Cami Lee has gone missing.
As Ali races to both find a connection between the two disappearances and help Mateo clear his name with the help of PI J.P. Beaumont, tragedy strikes in her personal life, and with lives hanging in the balance, she must thread the needle between good and evil before its too late.
Jance has been writing mysteries for more than 35 years, and shes accumulated a large and enthusiastic fan base, all of whom should be delighted with this new one. Reynolds continues to be an engaging and resolute series lead, and its certainly nice to see Beaumont lend a hand. Booklist
"Jance is a born storyteller, tying family crises and crime into exciting tales of intrigue, danger and adventure. Unfinished Businessis no exception, and I hope to catch up with Ali Reynolds in the very near future." BookReporter
J.A. Jance is theNew York Timesbestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series, the J.P. Beaumont series, and the Joanna Brady series, as well as five Southwestern thrillers featuring the Walker family. Born in South Dakota and raised in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington. Visit her online at JAJance.com.