Remains of Innocence, J. A. Jance
Remains of Innocence, J. A. Jance
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Remains of Innocence
A Brady Novel of Suspense

Bestseller

Author: J. A. Jance

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 12 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/22/2014


Synopsis

Sheriff Joanna Brady must solve two perplexing cases that may be tied together in New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance’s thrilling tale of suspense that brings to life Arizona’s Cochise County and the desert Southwest in all its beauty and mystery.An old woman, a hoarder, is dying of emphysema in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In cleaning out her house, her daughter, Liza Machett, discovers a fortune in hundred dollar bills hidden in the tall stacks of books and magazines that crowd every corner.Tracing the money’s origins will take Liza on a journey that will end in Cochise County, where Sheriff Joanna Brady is embroiled in a personal mystery of her own. A man she considers a family friend is found dead at the bottom of a hole in a limestone cavern near Bisbee. And now there is the mystery of Liza and the money. Are the two disparate cases connected? It’s up to Joanna to find out.

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 PamG on April 20, 2020

REMAINS OF INNOCENCE by J. A. Jance is the sixteenth book in the Joanna Brady mystery series set in and around Bisbee, Arizona.. Two story lines make this novel more complicated than many. In Bisbee, Sheriff Brady has a missing man who is found dead. Was it murder or an accident? The second story li......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 01, 2021

3.5 stars In this 16th book in the 'Joanna Brady' series, the sheriff investigates geographically distant crimes that seem to be connected. The book can be read as a standalone, but knowledge of the characters is a plus. ***** Massachusetts resident Selma Matchett, a cantankerous, mean-spirited hoarde......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 18, 2015

This book tells two stories that take a long time to intersect: Liza Mattern is a young woman with a mentally ill mother growing up in a filthy home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts; Sheriff Joanna Brady is a red-headed law enforcement official in a small town in Arizona investigating the perplexi......more

Goodreads review by Dan on August 22, 2014

Liza Machett cleans out her mother’s home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts when she finds money hidden everywhere. All she remembers that they were poor growing up. Soon, the house is burned to the ground, her landlord is murdered and she is on the run to her brother is Bisbee, Arizona. But in Bis......more

Goodreads review by Mike on September 29, 2014

Another very enjoyable read from J.A Jance! Sheriff Brady has two murders to solve and this keeps the reader's attention from start to the end. I love Jance' s three series and if you haven't read her,do yourself a favor and start!......more