Blessing of the Lost Girls, J. A. Jance
Blessing of the Lost Girls, J. A. Jance
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Blessing of the Lost Girls
A Brady and Walker Family Novel

Bestseller

Author: J. A. Jance

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 10 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/19/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

From J. A. Jance’s New York Times bestselling Brady and Walker novels, federal investigator Dan Pardee, Brandon Walker’s son-in-law, crosses paths with Sheriff Joanna Brady as he traces the bloody path of a merciless serial killer across the Southwest in this intense thriller.Driven by a compulsion that challenges his self-control, the man calling himself Charles Milton prowls the rodeo circuit, hunting young women. He chooses those he believes are the most vulnerable, wandering alone and distracted, before he strikes. For years, he has been meticulous in his methods, abducting, murdering, and disposing his victims while leaving no evidence of his crimes—or their identities—behind. Indigenous women have become his target of choice, knowing law enforcement’s history of ignoring their disappearances.A cold case has just been assigned to Dan Pardee, a field officer with the newly formed Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s Task Force. Rosa Rios, a young woman of Apache descent and one-time rodeo star, vanished three years ago. Human remains, a homicide victim burned beyond recognition, were discovered in Cochise County around the time she went missing. They have finally been confirmed to be Rosa. With Sheriff Joanna Brady’s help, Dan is determined to reopen the case and bring long-awaited justice to Rosa’s family. As the orphaned son of a murdered indigenous woman, he feels an even greater, personal obligation to capture this killer.Joanna’s daughter Jennifer is also taking a personal interest in this case, having known Rosa from her own amateur rodeo days. Now a criminal justice major, she’s unofficially joining the investigation. And as it becomes clear that Rosa was just one victim of a serial killer, both Jennifer and Dan know they’re running out of time to catch an elusive predator who’s proven capable of getting away with murder.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About J. A. Jance

Sometimes it is through necessity that the best experiences are born. Such is the career of author J. A. Jance, who after many years of wanting to become a writer, found her way to that end. However, it took a lot if sacrifice and detours before she finally became the writer she always wanted to be.

Upon being denied admittance into a creative writing class by a professor who thought women belonged at home or in teaching, she gave up and married a young man who aspired to be another Faulkner or Hemingway. The only similarities to those writers was his love for alcohol. He became a severe alcoholic and proclaimed to his wife, whom he knew wanted a writing career, that he would be the only writer in that family. She grew weary of his addiction, and divorced him just two years before he died at a very young age. Jance had been writing when he was away or asleep, but she now had to find a way to support her children as a single mother. She spent her days selling insurance and her nights writing......many times writing all night. After the disappointment of not having her first book published, her agent advised her that she might be best at writing fiction. She followed that advice, and has written 22 Detective Beaumont books, 17 Joanna Brady books, and 10 Ali Reynolds books. There were also four thrillers added to the body of work.

Jance says that one of the best parts of writing is hearing from fans that her books have helped many as they were going through illness, or were sitting with a loved one who was going through difficult times. She says........"it gratified me to know that by immersing themselves in my stories, people are able to set their own lives aside and live and walk in someone else's shoes. Jance feels that she is doing the best job that she can at the best job in the world.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Abibliofob on September 17, 2023

I have been a big fan of J.A. Jance and her writing since a long time now and I have devoured her different series with pleasure. Blessing of the Lost Girls is not just one series it's a twofer. You get Joanna Brady but you also get the Walker series. I love it when authors let there characters inte......more

Goodreads review by Carol on October 15, 2023

I have read the Joanna Brady series since book #1, so was really happy to find that J.A. Jance not only had a new series but had also managed to bring an "old friend", Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady, into this first installment of the Walker Family chronicles. Joanna isn't the "star" of the sho......more

Goodreads review by "Avonna on October 22, 2023

Check out all my reviews at: [URL not allowed] BLESSING OF THE LOST GIRLS (A Brady and Walker Family Novel Book #1) by J.A. Jance is a gripping serial killer crime mystery/police procedural suspense with combined characters from two of Ms. Jance’s long time series. This book can be re......more

Goodreads review by Judy on September 28, 2023

I’ve enjoyed all the various characters in JA Jance books even as the cross storylines. This one however, went too far combining characters. Too much time was spent explaining the relationship and that left the main storyline too undeveloped. Better editing might have saved it but alas that didn’t h......more

Goodreads review by Brynn | readyourworriesaway on September 21, 2023

This is my first 5⭐️ read this month! I absolutely loved the multiple POVs and getting some chapters from the serial killer’s perspective 😯 the short chapters made it difficult to stop reading because I kept wanting to read just one more! There are a lot of characters and it took me a little bit to......more