Fire and Ice, J. A. Jance
Fire and Ice, J. A. Jance
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Fire and Ice

Author: J. A. Jance

Narrator: Hillary Huber, Erik Davies

Unabridged: 10 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/21/2009


Synopsis

“In the gripping Fire and Ice, Jance showcases both Beaumont and Brady….The prolific Jance…is in fine form.”—Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel New York Times bestseller J.A. Jance reunites two of her most popular series characters—Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady and Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont—in Fire and Ice, as the separate investigations into grisly homicides in two different states shockingly intertwine. As Jance proved in her previous Beau/Brady pairing, Partner in Crime, when these two join forces, fireworks happen. Fire and Ice is not to be missed.

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 Barbara on October 31, 2021

In this book the law enforcement officials in J.A. Jance's two mystery series, Arizona Sheriff Joanna Brady..... …...and Seattle homicide investigator J.P. Beaumont (Beau), work together (via phone) to solve some baffling crimes. The book (J.P. Beaumont #19/Joanna Brady #14) can be read as a standal......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on December 08, 2022

I have been a fan of the Joanna Brady series for many years. I lived in AZ for 11 years so that may contribute to my enjoyment. I am not familiar with J P Beaumont for some reason. I liked how the two stories eventually came together and brought these two together again. One of the things I like abo......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on January 18, 2020

JP is working on a case of 6 murdered women, at the same time Sheriff Joanna Brady is looking into a lost elderly woman, a horrible nursing home and a caregiver who was ran over and left for the dead. Even though the cases were a thousand miles apart some of them overlap and JP and Joanna find thems......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on March 28, 2018

There was a lot going on in this book since it was a mash-up of the J.P. Beaumont series and the Joanna Brady series. With perspective changing often, you have to pay attention. I have enjoyed both of these series, but the thing that has bothered me in this book and the previous mash-up book, Partne......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on May 03, 2017

Another meeting of Joanna Brady and J.P. Beaumont. I really like the way she blended the stories in this one, with Joanna in AZ and Beau in WA, working on related cases but not aware of that for quite awhile. Instead of breaking the story into separate chapters, there were sections in each chapter d......more