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Joanna Brady is celebrating her tenth wedding anniversary, or will be once her husband Andy, a local sherrif’s deputy, comes home. Unfortunately for her, Andy is shot and left for dead.
As Joanne tries to deal with what is happening, rumours begin to swirl around town that Andy is involved in drug smuggling and tried to kill himself. Joanne sets out to clear his name and find out what really happened. This immerses her in a world of crooked cops, hired killers and mysterious amounts of money in her bank account.
Desert Heat is the first of J.A. Jance’s Joanna Brady mysteries. Gripping and hard hitting, it is a page turner. I really enjoyed re-reading it after all these years. I plan to bug the local library to buy a copy, even though it was published more than two years ago.