Cold Betrayal, J.A. Jance
Cold Betrayal, J.A. Jance
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Cold Betrayal

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Author: J.A. Jance

Narrator: Karen Ziemba

Unabridged: 11 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/10/2015

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author hailed for her “inimitable, take-no-prisoners style” (Kirkus Reviews), Cold Betrayal is a fast-paced crime novel that forces Ali Reynolds to confront the face of evil and protect women who are being hunted.

Revenge isn’t the only dish served cold…

Ali’s longtime friend and taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm, rushes to the bedside of a young pregnant woman hospitalized for severe injuries after she was hit by a car on a deserted Arizona highway. The girl had been running away from The Family, a polygamous cult with no patience for those who try to leave its ranks. Something about her strikes a chord in Sister Anselm, reminding her of a case she worked years before when another young girl wasn’t so lucky.

Meanwhile, married life agrees with Ali. But any hopes that she and her husband, B. Simpson, will finally slow down and relax now that they’ve tied the knot are dashed when Ali’s new daughter-in-law approaches her, desperate for help. The girl’s grandmother, Betsy, is in danger: she’s been receiving anonymous threats, and someone even broke into her home and turned on the gas burners in the middle of the night. But the local police think the elderly woman’s just not as sharp as she used to be.

While Ali struggles to find a way to protect Betsy before it’s too late, Sister Anselm needs her help as well, and the two race the clock to uncover the secrets that The Family has hidden for so long—before someone comes back to bury them forever.

About J.A. Jance

J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling 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. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Skip on January 25, 2016

To be fair, 3.5 stars. Ali is asked by her daughter-in-law, Athena, to help her grandmother, who someone has tried to kill by turning on the gas stove in the middle of the night in Bemidji, MN. Meanwhile, back in sunny Arizona, a young woman flees from a cult compound, fearing for her life and her u......more

Goodreads review by Beth on March 15, 2015

I enjoy this series more than the others, although the Beaumont series is my very favorite. Jance's plots are often very topical and interesting. Her character backgrounds and development are interesting as well, although she tends to endow some of her characters with rather super-human capabilities......more

Goodreads review by Michael on April 12, 2015

When a young pregnant woman is hit by a car near Flagstaff, Arizona, she's brought to the hospital and opens up a hidden world where a religious cult was active. At the hospital is Sister Anselm, a patient advocate who deeply cares for those who don't have a voice in their own behalf. The woman gives......more

Goodreads review by Gloria on March 23, 2015

This series is one of three that J.A. Jance writes, and it is interesting to see how Ali Reynolds has evolved as a character along the way, from TV anchor, sheriff’s deputy and a questionable marriage to the newlywed wife of B. Simpson, and who gets deeply involved in contemporary situations. In thi......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on March 03, 2015

If you give up on this book too soon you will be disappointed. I admit that the book started much too slow for me and when I ran into the paragraphs that completely recapped that horrible novella ”The Last Good-bye", I was ready to close the book and totally write it off. Yet, there was something th......more

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