Missing and Endangered, J. A. Jance
Missing and Endangered, J. A. Jance
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Missing and Endangered
A Brady Novel of Suspense

Bestseller

Author: J. A. Jance

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 10 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/16/2021


Synopsis

Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady’s professional and personal lives collide when her college-age daughter is involved in a missing persons case in this evocative and atmospheric mystery in J. A. Jance’s New York Times bestselling suspense series, set in the beautiful desert country of the American Southwest.

When Jennifer Brady returns to Northern Arizona University for her sophomore year, she quickly becomes a big sister to her new roommate, Beth Rankin, a brilliant yet sheltered sixteen-year-old freshman. For a homeschooled Beth, college is her first taste of both freedom and unfettered access to the internet, and Jenny is concerned that she’s too naïve and rebellious for her own good.
Her worries are well-founded because one day Beth vanishes, prompting Jenny to alert campus authorities, local police, and her mom, Sheriff Joanna Brady—who calls in a favor. Beth is found, but Jenny’s concern has unwittingly put her in the crosshairs of a criminal bent on revenge. With Christmas vacation approaching, and Beth at war with her parents, Jenny invites Beth to the shelter of the Brady home. While Joanna is sympathetic, she’s caught up in a sensitive case—an officer-involved shooting that has placed the lives of two young children in jeopardy—leaving her stretched thin to help a fragile young woman recently gone missing and endangered.

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 Darla on February 09, 2021

Joanna Brady is back and better than ever. The character development in this series continues to be top notch -- and not just for Joanna. Her family and county employees are not forgotten. As is usual for a book in this series, there is not much time for Joanna to coast. She has a key employee retir......more

Goodreads review by Jean on October 09, 2024

I had read all of the J. A. Jance Series about Sheriff JoAnn Brady. I thought the series was finished and she was busy writing the Ali Reynolds Series. I was looking for something to read and decided to check out some of the authors I followed but had not read recently. I was so surprised to find a......more

Goodreads review by Susan on March 06, 2021

I feel that I'm being quite generous with my two star rating. I do not understand the rave reviews for this book. Perhaps readers are so fond of J.A. Jance that they don't want to rate it it for what it is? Herd mentality? I really disliked this book. I found most of the characters unbelievable and......more

Goodreads review by Monnie on January 10, 2021

Other than a short story co-written with Eric Van Lustbader in a collection compiled by members of International Thriller writers, I've had no real acquaintance with this author. After reading this one - the (wow!) 19th in his Sheriff Joanna Brady series - I'll be watching for more. And no worries a......more

Goodreads review by Denise on August 11, 2022

Triggers: Sextortion, Drugs, Child Neglect and/or Abuse, Death of a Loved One, Homicide, hints of self-harm (i.e. suicide), reference to cancer and death due to illness, Gun Violence, Grooming This was a fantastic, quick paced read for those that A.) Don't mind law enforcement type "cozy" mysteries &......more