Friday, March 27, 2009

Damage Control by J.A. Jance

It's been awhile since I've posted here. I have been busy creating an ebook for a client and have gotten behind in a lot of things, including my reading and blog posting.

J.A. Jance is one of my favorite authors. She is prolific, but her stories never get old. She has a unique way of telling them just like they happened in real time to her characters. Her last book may have taken place just hours before the new one, or sometimes years. While one story does not depend on having read the last, everything is connected by the details in the life design of her characters.

This particular series is from the Joanna Brady series. She has a new hurdle in life as the mother of a newborn. She has a stay-at-home spouse who takes care of things at home, but he is chomping at the bit to get out and publicize his new book. They test out the grandparents to determine it they can cope with babysitting and settle on a family that has lost its trailer home to a fire.

As usual, Jance weaves two or three murders and other suspicious acts into the plot. Resolving things is just all in a day's work on the part of Brady and her sheriff's deputies.

This is must read for any Jance fan.

Liz Nichols