Unfinished Business, J.A. Jance
Unfinished Business, J.A. Jance
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Unfinished Business

Author: J.A. Jance

Narrator: Karen Ziemba

Unabridged: 11 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2021


Synopsis

In this heart-pounding and sharply written thriller from J.A. Jance, the “grand master of the genre” (The Providence Journal), Ali Reynolds’s personal life is thrown into turmoil just as two men show up on the scene—a former employee of her husband’s who has just been released from prison and a serial killer who sets his sights a little too close to home.

Mateo Vega, a one-time employee of Ali Reynold’s husband, B. Simpson, has spent the last sixteen years of his life behind bars. According to the courts, he murdered his girlfriend. But Mateo knows that her real killer is still on the loose, and the first thing he’s going to do when he gets a taste of freedom is track him down.

After being granted parole, a wary Mateo approaches Stu Ramey of High Noon Enterprises for a reference letter for a job application, but to his surprise, Stu gives him one better: He asks him to come on board and work for B. once again. Just as Mateo starts his new job, though, chaos breaks out at High Noon—a deadbeat tenant who is in arrears has just fled, and tech expert Cami Lee has gone missing.

As Ali races to both find a connection between the two disappearances and help Mateo clear his name with the help of PI J.P. Beaumont, tragedy strikes in her personal life, and with lives hanging in the balance, she must thread the needle between good and evil before it’s too late.

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 Barbara on June 01, 2021

3.5 stars In this 16th book in the 'Ali Reynolds' series, the computer security expert/amateur sleuth deals with family problems and gets on the wrong side of a serial killer. The book can be read as a standalone. ***** Ali Reynolds and her husband B. Simpson own High Noon Enterprises, a computer secur......more

Goodreads review by Donna on October 23, 2021

Judith Jance has done it again. Unfinished Business is the sixteenth in the Ali Reynolds series; not only does she weave a compelling, tightly plotted tale, but she may have broken new ground with the role technology plays in solving crimes within the storyline. Add a sprinkling of social justice is......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on April 15, 2021

This is my thirtieth J.A. Jance novel and of all her great characters, Ali is my very favorite. This novel is Ali Reynolds #16 in the series but it really is fine to read as a standalone. True having read any one of the earlier novels in this series would help with knowing and loving these character......more

Goodreads review by Mark on August 28, 2021

You just can't go wrong with any of J.A. Jance's series...Whether Ali Reynolds, J.P. Beaumont or Sheriff Joanna Brady, all are favorites of mine...In this Ali Reynolds, we have three storylines, one involving a vengeance seeking former tenant, one involving a new hire who has spent the last 16 years......more


Quotes

"J.A. Jance fans will be delighted with this addition to the Ali Reynolds series, narrated by Karen Ziemba. When a former employee of her husband begins work at her company after his release from prison, Ali immediately presses him into service because her tech guru, Cami, has disappeared. The story is enhanced by Ziemba's gift for subtly differentiating secondary characters. She provides a slight accent for Mateo, the Hispanic newbie, and projects the shy confidence of Stuart, the socially challenged tech genius. Ziemba injects an eerie, almost-human tone into the voice of Frigg, the AI at the center of the cybersecurity firm. When a serial killer appears to have struck close to home, Ziemba's crisp pacing enhances the quick turn of events."