J.A. Jance Author Event

Three days after its publication date ~150,000 copies first printing – New York Times Bestselling author J. A. Jance returns to read in our series. Judy always says this is one of her favorite venues because of the response she receives. She is one of the most entertaining writers we host, even if you do not read mysteries.

In Joanna Brady #16, Sheriff Brady must solve two perplexing cases that may be tied together. 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.

J. A. Jance is the author of 41 novels and a book of poetry. Remarkably, and to her credit, they are all still in print.