Judith A. Jance Boeken

A shocking photo screamed from the front pages of the tabloids--the last moments of a life captured for all the world to see. The look of sheer terror eternally frozen on the face of the doomed woman indicated that her fatal fall from an upper story of an unfinished Seattle skyscraper was no desperate suicide--and that look will forever haunt Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont. But his hunt for answers and justice is leading to more death, and to dark and terrible secrets scrupulously guarded by men of steel behind the locked doors of a powerful union that extracts its dues payments in blood.

In Tucson, twenty years ago, a psychopath named Andrew Carlisle brought blood and terror into the home of Diana Ladd Walker and her family. When Carlisle died in prison, Diana and her husband, ex-county sheriff Brandon Walker, believed their long nightmare was finally over. They were wrong. Their beloved adopted daughter Lani has vanished -- a beautiful Native American teenager destined, according to Tohono O'othham legend, to become a woman of great spiritual power. A serial killer is dead, but his malevolence lives on in another - and now the fiend holds Lani's innocent life in his eager hands. Before he snuffs it out completely, he intends to make his young prisoner -- and, more importantly, her parents -- suffer a slow and agonizing torture. For only this will avenge his friend and mentor, his dark god, Andrew Carlisle.

Sheriff Joanna Brady krijgt twee zaken op te lossen: een jonge dienster die door een onbekende bedreigd wordt en een man met een ernstige verstandelijke beperking die dood gevonden wordt.

Prepare to meet the most seductively female and shockingly fatal femme fatales, brought to you by seventeen of today’s finest authors of mystery and suspense fiction. Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short, sizzling masterpieces filled with thrilling tales that showcase how sexy and fierce the 'gentler sex' can be. In 'Third Party', a party girl takes you on a wild ride through the Paris night, while Nelson DeMille's 'Rendezvous' plunges you into a Vietnam jungle where the deadliest scourge is a woman. Elmore Leonard introduces a Depression-era teenage gun moll in 'Louly and Pretty Boy', who loves Pretty Boy Floyd more than robbing filling stations. Lorenzo Carcaterra's 'A Thousand Miles from Nowhere' features a smart blonde seeking slow-simmered vengeance, and Michael Connelly's 'Cielo Azul' reveals how a nameless woman found dead in Los Angeles can be the most lethal prey. Other riveting tales include a scorned lover claiming an old fling's heart, a mysterious woman offering a tempting suicide pact, and a she-demon rising from the grave. These and many other bad girls cast their criminal spells through the powerful voices of Joyce Carol Oates, John Connolly, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffrey Deaver, and more, in stories as irresistible as the anti-heroines that blaze through their pages.

In the end, Beaumont's plea and Jared's quick action saved the two boys from their father's murderous rage.Now, almost twenty years later, Jared reappears in Beau's life seeking his help once again-his younger brother Chris is missing.

Beaumont is taking some time off to get knee replacement surgery, but instead of taking his mind off work the operation plunges him into one of the most perplexing mysteries he's ever faced. His past collides with his present, explore the staggering cost of war and the debts we owe those who served in the Vietnam War, and those in uniform today.

The New York Times bestselling master of mystery and suspense, J.A. Jance--whom the Chattanooga Times ranks "among the best, if not the best"--brings back her enormously popular series protagonist, Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady. With Judgment Call, Jance achieves a new high in crime fiction, as Brady wrestles with her conflicting roles of law officer and mother when her daughter discovers the murdered body of the local high school principal, and the ensuing investigation reveals secrets no parent wants to hear. At once a breathtaking recreation of the rugged landscape of the American Southwest, a moving story of a mother's concerns for her endangered child, and thrilling masterwork of brutal crime and expert detection, Judgment Call is prime J.A. Jance, a treat for anyone who loves a good cop story wrapped around a superior family drama.

The New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance returns with the thirteenth pulse-pounding thriller in the Ali Reynolds series. After taking down the man responsible for his best friend’s death, Stuart Ramey believes the case is finally closed. That is, until Stu discovers he’s been left with a multimillion dollar fortune in Bitcoin in a desperate attempt by Frigg, a rogue A.I. program created by the killer, to keep itself from being fully deactivated. To take Frigg down for good, Stu enlists the help of Ali Reynolds and the rest of his cyber security colleagues at High Noon Enterprises. But they are not the only ones who know about Frigg’s existence. Graciella Miramar, an unassuming accountant to all appearances, is actually the right-hand woman to El Pescado , the leader of a dangerous drug cartel. She’ll do anything to get her hands on that program. With Frigg’s help, Graciella hopes to take over El Pescado’s criminal underworld and become wealthy beyond her wildest dreams. But Stu—and El Pescado and his henchmen—may not be so easily defeated.

A visitor from the past disrupts Beaumont's life, leading him into a gripping missing person's investigation. As he delves deeper, he uncovers lurking dangers and unravels long-hidden family secrets. This latest installment in the Beaumont series promises suspense and intrigue, showcasing J. A. Jance's talent for weaving complex narratives.

Includes an excerpt from Missing and endangered.

"Ali Reynolds's personal life is in turmoil when two separate men show up on the scene-a serial killer and a former employee of her husband's who has just been released from a sixteen-year prison sentence for murdering his girlfriend. With lives hanging in the balance, Ali must thread the needle between good and evil in this heart-pounding and sharply written thriller from J.A. Jance, the "grand master of the genre" (The Providence Journal)"--

JoAnna Brady is no tough-talking V.I. Warshawski or Kat Colorado; her appeal lies in her willingness to admit that her Cochise County sheriff's uniform is often an uneasy fit. As the single mother of a young daughter, Brady is prey to the pain and loneliness that have resulted from her husband's brutal murder, and she struggles to prove to herself and others that she is capable of bringing a cold-blooded killer to justice.When Clyde Philips, a local gun dealer, dies violently, his stock of high-powered assault weapons vanishes, and two sniper slayings follow soon after, suspicion falls upon Alton Hosfield, an embittered rancher at odds with the federal government, the environmentalists, and anyone else he sees as a threat to his isolation. Sheriff Brady, however, suspects that the solution may lie elsewhere, and her investigation takes her into the bizarre practices of a local resort whose appeal is equal parts New Age spiritualism, Native American pantheism, and cold-blooded materialism. Jance has a talent for weaving prosaic threads into a gripping mystery narrative. As a result, Brady must--in addition to tracking a vicious killer--cope with the impossibly high standards of her insufferable mother; the spiteful comments of Marliss Shackleford, gossip columnist for the Bisbee Bee; and some rather unexpected news from Butch Dixon, her would-be ardent suitor.

Being a sheriff is no longer an empty position she wants to hold - somehow it has become what she is!

Fifty years ago, when she was five, Sister Mary Katherine witnessed something terrible . . .A former Seattle policeman now working for the Washington State Attorney's Special Homicide Investigation Team, J.P. Beaumont has been hand-picked to lead the investigation into a half-century-old murder. An eyewitness to the crime, a middle-aged nun, has now recalled grisly, forgotten details while undergoing hypnotherapy.It's a case as cold as the grave, and it's running headlong into another that's tearing at Beau's heart: the vicious slaying of his former partner's ex-wife. What's worse, his rapidly unraveling friend is the prime suspect.Caught in the middle of a lethal conspiracy that spans two generations and a killing that hits too close to home -- targeted by a vengeful adversary and tempted by a potential romance that threatens to reawaken his personal demons -- Beaumont may suddenly have more on his plate than he can handle, and far too much to survive.

An explosive novel of betrayal and blood vengeance featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont. There are those who don’t deserve to live—and the corpse floating in Elliott Bay may have been one of those people. Not surprisingly, many individuals, too many in fact, are eager to take responsibility for the brutal slaying of the hated biotech executive whose alleged crimes ranged from the illegal trading of industrial secrets to rape. For Seattle Detective J.P. Beaumont—who’s drowning in his own life-shattering problems—a case of seemingly justifiable homicide has sinister undertones, drawing the haunted policeman into a corporate nightmare world of double deals, savage jealousies, and real blood spilled far too easily, as it leads him closer to a killer he’s not sure he wants to find.

Ali Reynolds and her team at High Noon Enterprises must race against the clock to save an archbishop as he faces mysterious death threats

Ali Reynolds tries to figure out who was the real target and who was the collateral damage after her husband is forced off the road in an airport limo while preparing to fly to a ransomware conference in London.

For the first time as a premium edition, a reissue of the fourteenth J. P. Beaumont novel by New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance.

Feeling overwhelmed by paperwork and the responsibilities of caring for a newborn, Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady struggles with a case involving a woman who shot the wrong man while defending herself from a stalker and a fatal car accident that may have been staged.

Discovering a dismembered body among the charred remains of a Seattle fishing boat, J. P. Beaumont takes a trip down memory lane with an old chum and uncovers the determined plot of a killer. 75,000 first printing. $55,000 ad/promo. Tour.

At first glance, what happens on the video appears to be a childish game: a teenage girl with dark, wavy hair smiles for the camera, a blue scarf tied around her neck. Then things turn dark and gruesome, and the girl ends up dead. When a snuff film is discovered on a cell phone belonging to the governor of Washington State's grandson—a boy with a troubled background who swears he doesn't know the victim—the governor turns to an old friend, J. P. Beaumont, for help. Of the many horrors the Seattle private investigator has witnessed over the years, this one ranks near the top—especially since the crime's multiple perpetrators might well be minors. But this case of an apparent juvenile prank gone hideously wrong has deeper, more startling implications, leading Beau and Mel Soames—his partner in life and work—down a twisted path of corruption and lies that must be exposed before more young lives are obliterated.

Includes novella "A last goodbye" and excerpt from "Cold betrayal".

In the sweltering heat of Cochise County, Arizona, a woman is found dead in her trailer, a bullet hole in her chest. The local police are left grappling with the murder of a harmless loner known for her love of stray dogs, especially when the weapon used is an eighty-five-year-old bullet linked to the brutal killings of two other women, discovered bound and posed on a rancher's land. Sheriff Joanna Brady faces mounting pressure as she juggles a brutal reelection campaign and personal challenges at home. With the threat of a serial killer looming over her jurisdiction, Joanna must push aside marital distractions and dirty tricks from her opponent. The oppressive heat mirrors the escalating tension as fear and hatred boil over in this small desert community. As she investigates the twisted drama unfolding around her, Joanna delves into a family's dark history, seeking to uncover the roots of a monstrous obsession. The stakes are high, and the reality of a sadistic murderer lurking in the shadows forces her to confront not just a crime, but the permanent wounds it leaves behind—wounds that run deeper than homicide itself.

Recently elected sherriff of Cochise County Ariz, JoAnna Brady has realized that there is more to the job than pushing papers, which she already knows how to do.So she enrolls in a law-enforcement seminar that takes a murderous twist when one of the instructors is killed.

The discovery of her daughter's high school principal's body thrusts Sheriff Joanna Brady into a harrowing investigation that intertwines her roles as a law officer and a mother. As she delves deeper into the case, Joanna uncovers unsettling truths that challenge her perception of her daughter's innocence, especially when a crime scene photo appears on Facebook. This revelation forces Joanna to confront the darker realities of her children's lives, blurring the lines between familial loyalty and the pursuit of justice.

When the body of an elderly widow turns up in the desert, Sheriff Joanna Brady searches for a killer among the victim's greedy offspring, her mysterious, much-younger live-in-handyman-turned lover, and corrupt local politicians

Protecting a brilliant freshman whose homeschooled life has left her unprepared for the outside world, Jennifer invites the vulnerable girl home for a Christmas break that embroils Sheriff Joanna Brady in a volatile missing-persons case.

Indigenous women have become his target of choice, knowing law enforcement's history of ignoring their disappearances.A cold case has just been assigned to Dan Pardee, a field officer with the newly formed Missing and Murdered Indigenous People's Task Force.

Determined to clear her late husband Andy's name after police brass claim that his shooting death was the result of his involvement in drug running, Joanna Brady attempts to find Andy's killers.

Perhaps it was fitting justice: a dentist who enjoyed inflicting pain was murdered in his own chair. The question is not who wanted Dr. Frederick Nielsen dead, but rather who of the many finally reached the breaking point. The sordid details of this case, with its shocking revelations of violence, cruelty, and horrific sexual abuse, would be tough for any investigator to stomach. But for Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont, the most damning piece of the murderous puzzle will shake him to his very core -- because what will be revealed to him is nothing less than the true meaning of unrepentant evil.

When Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont is given a classified assignment involving the true fate of a deceased ex-con, he discovers that the victim had recently attempted to turn his life around and had been murdered for the effort.

Contacted to investigate the gruesome murder of a gold-digging divorcee on behalf of the woman accused of the crime, police academy-trained former reporter Ali Reynolds is simultaneously drawn into another case that could be related to hers and must stop a dangerous killer from striking again.

The end of her high-profile broadcasting career came too soon for TV journalist Alison Reynolds—bounced off the air by executives who wanted a "younger face." With a divorce from her cheating husband of ten years also pending, there is nothing keeping her in L.A. any longer. Cut loose from her moorings, Ali is summoned back home to Sedona, Arizona, by the death of a childhood friend. Once there she seeks solace in the comforting rhythms of her parents' diner, the Sugarloaf Café, and launches an on-line blog as therapy for others who have been similarly cut loose.But when threatening posts begin appearing, Ali finds out that running a blog is far more up-close and personal than sitting behind a news desk. And far more dangerous. Suddenly something dark and deadly is swirling around her life . . . and a killer may be hunting her next.

"The highway from Los Angeles to the Palm Springs desert is parched, unforgiving, and deadly. In the suffocating stillness of a car trunk, a man - his mouth and hands bound with tape - waits to learn his fate. Fortunately for him, he'll never know. What possible enemy could be bitter enough to commit such a heinous crime? And when will the monster make another move?" "Ali Reynolds is traveling that same blistering, lonesome highway, looking forward to putting her past behind her. She'd left Los Angeles for the home comforts of Sedona, Arizona, and the satisfaction of a blog, cutlooseblog.com. But her cheating husband is in a hurry for a divorce; his very young and very pregnant fiancee has a wedding planned for the next day. And the television network that wrongfully dismissed Ali for the sole sin of being over forty will face her in court as well. So Ali must return to the scene of those crimes. As she passes the site of a horrifying accident, she thanks goodness it's no longer her job to report the news. Until she finds out the news is her own ... For the victim is Ali's cheating husband, and soon she'll find herself the prime suspect at the center of a terrifying web of evil."--BOOK JACKET.

The Walker family survived the atrocities perpetrated by a serial killer and his crazed acolyte in both Hour of the Hunter and Kiss of the Bees. But can they escape the vengeance of a new killer or killers whose sights have been set on their precious daughter, Lani? Young girls are being spirited away from an orphanage deep in Colonial Mexico -- told they're traveling to a loving adoptive family in southern Arizona, their hopes are high. But the fate that waits for them is truly horrifying: when death comes, it will be a blessing.... Former Sheriff Brandon Walker is living the life of a reluctant retiree. Playing golf while his wife, Diana Ladd, continues to write her bestselling tales of true crime, he desperately misses the action and sense of usefulness from days gone by. When he’s invited to join the Last Chance Club to review and attempt to solve long-cold cases, he little imagines the first case to cross his path will be one he may have botched back when he was sheriff. And when the case from all those decades past becomes entangled with a current murder, it seems a serial killer with a very long and shocking track record may be back in business....

Internet ponúka tým, ktorí vyhľadávajú mimomanželské dobrodružstvá, more možností. Na stránke Singleatheart.com však nezúria len hormóny znudených domácich paničiek, je územím, ktorého vládca sa zahráva so životmi návštevníkov. Vyhľadáva potenciálne obete, využije ich a odstráni. To však už nie sú len virtuálne zločiny. Strieka pri nich skutočná krv. Tak zavítala smrť aj do mesta Sedona v štáte Arizona, kam sa po ukončení kariéry vrátila Ali Reynoldsová. Ali ako bývalá úspešná reportérka po dramatických životných zvratoch netúži po mediálnom javisku, len po pokojnom živote v meste, kde vyrástla. Keď na predmestí Sedony zavraždia mladú Morgan Foresterovú, ktorá mala povesť dokonalej manželky a matky, a z vraždy je obvinený jej manžel Bryan, do pohybu sa dajú nepredvídateľné udalosti. Ali Reynoldsová pomáha Bryanovi Foresterovi najmä preto, lebo aj ona sama bola v minulosti neprávom obvinená z vraždy. Verí v jeho nevinu, hoci v Sedone už v ňu verí iba ona, a netuší, akú cenu za to bude musieť zaplatiť…

Po více než dvaceti letech vzorné služby u policejního oddělení v Seattlu přechází Jonas Piedmont Beaumont do zvláštního týmu pro vyšetřování vražd při úřadu washingtonského státního zástupce. Na jeho práci se toho však příliš nezmění. Poté, co se objeví svědkyně padesát let staré vraždy, je Beau pověřen vyšetřováním. Při návštěvách hypnoterapeuta se pětapadesátiletá jeptiška nečekaně rozpomíná na děsivé detaily chladnokrevné vraždy, kterou viděla jako pětiletá holčička. Přestože strach z pomsty její vzpomínky potlačil, po půl století znovu vypluly na povrch, aby odhalily vražedné spiknutí zahrnující období dvou generací. Beau stojí před bezcitnou bandou spiklenců, kteří jsou ochotni udělat cokoliv, jen aby jejich tajemství zůstalo neodhaleno. Ani Beauův soukromý život nezůstává bez otřesů. Jeho přítel a bývalý kolega Ron Peters, zavlečený do hořkého sporu o opatrovnictví dítěte, se stává hlavním podezřelým z vraždy své bývalé ženy. Jako „druhý táta" Ronových tří dětí musí Beau bezmocně přihlížet, jak se kamarádův život i rodinné vztahy hroutí. Ať se obrátí kamkoliv, všude naráží na odpor šéfa seattleského policejního oddělení, který si s ním vyřizuje osobní účty. A rostoucí city k Melisse Soamesové, nové kolegyni a nepravděpodobnému spojenci, představují pro Beaua rozptýlení, které však hrozí tím, že otevře staré bolestivé rány v jeho duši.

Der Psychopath - bk86; Bastei Lübbe Verlag; J.A. Jance; pocket_book; 1994

Zesentwintig auteurs drukken elk hun stempel op het verhaal en bouwen de spanning op naar een explosieve finale. Wanneer Christopher Thomas, curator van het McFall Art Museum in San Francisco, wordt vermoord en zijn lijk in een ijzeren maagd in een Berlijns museum wordt gevonden, is zijn vrouw Rosemary de hoofdverdachte. Ze wordt berecht, veroordeeld en geëxecuteerd. Tien jaar later is ex-rechercheur Jon Nunn ervan overtuigd dat men de verkeerde ter dood heeft gebracht. Hij wil iedereen die aanwezig was tijdens de nacht dat Christopher stierf, bijeenroepen om de waarheid te achterhalen. Maar de moordenaar stelt alles in het werk om ervoor te zorgen dat het verleden begraven blijft... Met medewerking van: David Baldacci (Introduction) Jeff Abbott Lori Armstrong Sandra Brown Thomas Cook Jeffery Deaver Diana Gabaldon Tess Gerritsen Andrew F. Gulli Peter James J.A. Jance Faye Kellerman Raymond Khoury John Lescroart Jeff Lindsay Gayle Lynds Philip Margolin Alexander McCall Smith Michael Palmer T. Jefferson Parker Matthew Pearl Kathy Reichs Marcus Sakey Jonathan Santlofer Lisa Scottoline R.L. Stine Marcia Talley

Příběh začíná nervy drásající scénou muže spoutaného v kufru auta a posléze ponechaného na kolejích na pospas přijíždějícímu vlaku. V téže době přijíždí do L.A. bývalá televizní hlasatelka, aby se druhý den dočkala uzavření soudu týkajícího se jejího rozvodu s manželem, řídícím pracovníkem televize, a posléze se zúčastnila dalšího soudního řízení ohledně její výpovědi z televize. Ukáže se, že muž, který zahynul na kolejích, je její manžel, a navíc překvapivě ona, oproti očekávání, zůstává jedinou dědičkou jeho rozsáhlého majetku, i když tu po něm zůstala mladinká těhotná milenka bez prostředků. Celý další průběh děje je založen na předpokladu, že bude obžalována z vraždy. Je rozhodnuta nečekat a aktivně se bránit.