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Hated the topic. Too chopped up...literally and figuratively. Can't stand sadistic sexual plots. Realized I don't similar the Walker series, whereas her others I dear. Hated the topic. Besides chopped up...literally and figuratively. Tin't stand sadistic sexual plots. Realized I don't like the Walker series, whereas her others I love. ...more

Apr 18, 2009 Dana rated it liked information technology

I am accustomed to JA Jance's writing fashion and know that she tin can come upward with some incredibly twisted stuff, but this book actually pushed the envelope! Never ane to shy away from graphic detail, I forged on, but I must admit that I was a flake put off by some of it from fourth dimension to time.
The plot revolves effectually a series of murders across several decades. Teenage girls are bound and held equally bdsm sex slaves by a well-known "philanthropist" couple. One time the couple tires of them, they are killed and disp I am accustomed to JA Jance'southward writing style and know that she can come up upwards with some incredibly twisted stuff, just this volume really pushed the envelope! Never one to shy abroad from graphic detail, I forged on, but I must admit that I was a bit put off by some of it from time to time.
The plot revolves around a series of murders beyond several decades. Teenage girls are bound and held as bdsm sexual practice slaves by a well-known "philanthropist" couple. Once the couple tires of them, they are killed and tending of. A retired sheriff gets involved with a individual organization whose goal it is to solve cold cases. He slowly starts to put facts together from the past and begins to link a past murder to a recent one. Soon others that occured in the interim are institute to be connected besides.
I do enjoy a good, exciting mystery and this 1 was no exception. The graphic descriptions of the girls' torture was a scrap much, but the story was still quite good.
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Jun 05, 2014 Terri rated it it was ok

This volume started with some promise. Brandon Walker is a former sheriff and he is now bored out of his skull having retired while his wife is still busy and often traveling, and then when Brandon receives an invitation to lunch and is invited to join The Last Chance Club; he accepts before lunch even arrives. This is a group whose funding is provided by a woman whose daughter'south murder was never solved. These retired police and investigators are being asked to solve long-cold cases. And the premise was
This book started with some promise. Brandon Walker is a sometime sheriff and he is now bored out of his skull having retired while his wife is yet busy and often traveling, so when Brandon receives an invitation to dejeuner and is invited to bring together The Concluding Adventure Order; he accepts before dejeuner even arrives. This is a grouping whose funding is provided by a woman whose girl's murder was never solved. These retired constabulary and investigators are being asked to solve long-cold cases. And the premise was promising...

The book derailed with as well many weird far-fetched scenarios- Brandon's daughter having been adopted from an Indian tribe is allowed to return to the tribe so she tin fast for 16 days and absolve for a murder!? Like a sheriff father would put up with that!? But "hey, okay," he says. And there's the weird fusion of Christian Science with Indian chants for something or other.

Add together to that the graphic and awful item of the torture of a young Mexican girl sent to live with a sadistic missionary md and his accomplice wife who on other weekends alive an upscale respected md-of-the-boondocks life.

The volume just got to weird too fast and too gruesome.

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Mar 24, 2017 Karen rated information technology really liked it

From the grit jacket "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. But the fate that waits for them is truly horrifying.
Former Sheriff Brandon Walker is living the life of a reluctant retiree. Playing golf while his married woman, Diana Ladd, continues to write her bestselling tales of true law-breaking, he desperately misses the activeness and sense of usefulness from days gone by. When he'south invited to join From the grit jacket "Immature girls are existence spirited away from an orphanage deep in Colonial Mexico -- told they're traveling to a loving adoptive family unit in southern Arizona. But the fate that waits for them is truly horrifying.
One-time 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 Society to review and endeavour to solve long-cold cases, he footling imagines the first example to cross his path will be i 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 rails record may be dorsum in business."

One more reason to ever mark your read books in Goodreads! This was my second listen to this book and I enjoyed it every bit much the second time as the first.

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May 23, 2018 Minerva Koenig rated it did not like it

Couldn't become through it due to excessive torture porn. Not but that, but the beginning quarter of the volume seems to be entirely given over to backstory, and not very well-written backstory. Won't be picking upward this writer again :/ Couldn't get through it due to excessive torture porn. Not simply that, simply the beginning quarter of the book seems to be entirely given over to backstory, and not very well-written backstory. Won't be picking up this author again :/ ...more than

Nov 05, 2017 Nancy Ellis rated it really liked it

I enjoyed this much more than the beginning two books of the serial. In that location are however horrific murders committed by totally evil villains, but it'southward non quite as graphically gruesome. Several years take passed, though not as many equally between the commencement and 2nd books, and in that location have been many changes in the Walker family. Brandon Walker is now the erstwhile sheriff working for a cold example organization, and his married woman Diana is a successful author. Once once again, their extended family plays a major part in the I enjoyed this much more than than the showtime 2 books of the serial. There are still horrific murders committed past totally evil villains, but it's not quite as graphically gruesome. Several years have passed, though not as many equally between the offset and second books, and there have been many changes in the Walker family. Brandon Walker is now the former sheriff working for a cold case organization, and his wife Diana is a successful author. Once again, their extended family unit plays a major part in the story, making for a more intricate plot with many threads which somewhen come up together. Since so much fourth dimension is passing between books, obviously the writer doesn't intend to stretch this series out as long as she has done with her other series. That suits me fine, because fifty-fifty though the stories are good, I'm not nearly as enamored of the Walker family unit every bit I am of her Beaumont and Brady characters. ...more

I finished my latest audio volume this morning on the fashion into work. Information technology was my first book e'er by J.A. Jance and is called, Day of the Dead. I didn't know this when I picked it off the library shelves but it is the third volume in a mystery series involving an Indian reservation in Arizona. That happens quite a chip for me when I pick upwards an sound book from the library...I don't have the ability to enquiry to see if it is part of a series. Just usually, with mysteries it doesn't thing as well much.

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I finished my latest audio book this morning on the way into work. It was my showtime volume always by J.A. Jance and is called, Day of the Dead. I didn't know this when I picked information technology off the library shelves just it is the third book in a mystery series involving an Indian reservation in Arizona. That happens quite a bit for me when I pick upward an sound book from the library...I don't have the ability to research to see if it is office of a series. But usually, with mysteries it doesn't affair too much.

JA Jance, on her own website, defines the divergence between a "mystery" novel and a "thriller" novel. She says in a mystery, you don't know the identity of the bad guy(s) or whodunnit until the end and the joy is in solving the mystery. In a thriller, withal, the reader knows who the bad guy(s) is/are up front end, even if the main characters don't. This particular novel is billed as a thriller and, indeed, nosotros readers get to run into whodunnit about the offset and then I estimate information technology fulfills her definition. In my mind though, a "thriller" likewise provides "thrills" and this novel just didn't practise it for me.

Manifestly I am not lonely in that opinion equally well-nigh reviewers tend to classify this one as ane of the lesser liked novels by JA Jance. She seems to have a devoted following of fans who actually love her tremendous output but they say everybody has a bad book now so and this one is one of hers. The story itself is OK and I actually like the overall premise of having the TLC (The Last Take chances) as a privately funded organization that looks into unsolved crimes...cold cases...that the police force force just doesn't have time or resources to await into. And I liked the protagonist, a retired sheriff named Brandon Walker as he takes on the case for the TLC. But the balance between the mystery solving, the thriller aspects of the bad guys, and the subplots about the various members and relatives of the cold example murder victim was way to heavily weighted towards the subplots. The bad guys, a husband and wife squad of sexual predators/perverts, seemed to me to be cardboard cutouts of a 1970s era TV prove crime drama...i.due east. very one dimensional and not at all the monsters they should take been. There were a couple of scenes that were fairly graphic sexually and that seems to have turned off many of Ms Jance's devoted followers..apparently she doesn't do much of that in most of her books.

I probably owe it myself to effort i of her other books, in one of her other series but at this point I am not broken-hearted to do so. So many books out there and I'g non getting whatsoever younger...

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Jance's book are ever iii or iv-star reads for me (Only ten-12 of the 1300 books I have read since I started recording on Goodreads have been 5-stars. The book has to take some intrinsic personal or societal value for me to rate it a 5). Jance's plots are always well-developed and skillfully intertwined. The characters are believable, likeable, and well-rounded. The step of the action is brisk only non TOO brisk. This author is the virtually skillful flashback author I take ever read - near autho Jance'southward book are always three or four-star reads for me (Merely ten-12 of the 1300 books I have read since I started recording on Goodreads have been 5-stars. The book has to have some intrinsic personal or societal value for me to charge per unit it a 5). Jance's plots are e'er well-developed and skillfully intertwined. The characters are believable, likeable, and well-rounded. The pace of the activeness is brisk merely not Also brisk. This author is the most skilful flashback writer I have e'er read - almost authors manage to temporarily strand the reader when switching back to the nowadays subsequently a flashback, merely I am fascinated with the number of means Jance can devise to make that timeshift polish and clear. The reason for my lowering of the star rating for this Jance championship is the subject area affair. It'southward simply a personal-interest thing: I simply cannot maintain interest when characters get into supernatural or mystic mumbo-jumbo. The Indian attribute of this series of books hold them, in my estimation, beneath the constant interest level of the Beaumont Series - or fifty-fifty the Ali Reynolds or Joanna Brady ones. ...more

This book was amazing and activity packed!! Gayle Striker is the most evil adult female you'll ever meet. Brandon Walker is a awesome Detective and proves himself even more than in this book. Total of twists, turns, and shocking events. I enjoyed the writing style of J.A. Jance and the way she intertwines her stories of each character together. This was the showtime book I read by her and hope Queen of the Night and the newest one: Judgement Call (2013) are only as compelling. This book was amazing and action packed!! Gayle Striker is the most evil woman you'll ever meet. Brandon Walker is a awesome Detective and proves himself fifty-fifty more in this book. Full of twists, turns, and shocking events. I enjoyed the writing style of J.A. Jance and the manner she intertwines her stories of each graphic symbol together. This was the showtime volume I read by her and hope Queen of the Night and the newest one: Sentence Telephone call (2013) are simply as compelling. ...more

Many others have already described the plot for this story, I only want to encourage everyone to READ THIS BOOK!!! Y'all will be horrified past the sick crimes committed past a well respected and well to do couple. At the aforementioned time you will exist thrilled with the "heroes" also as the nail-biting ending!

J. A. Jance is an awesome author!

Many others have already described the plot for this story, I just want to encourage everyone to READ THIS Volume!!! You lot volition exist horrified past the sick crimes committed past a well respected and well to do couple. At the same time you will be thrilled with the "heroes" equally well as the boom-biting catastrophe!

J. A. Jance is an awesome author!

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Dec 22, 2016 Polly rated it it was ok

The reason for the ii stars is it had 6 little stories going instead of just the two. Besides, the field of study matter was sexual abuse & that's non easy for me to read most. I dearest JA Jance, simply non this book.
The reason for the two stars is it had half dozen little stories going instead of just the two. Also, the subject matter was sexual abuse & that's not easy for me to read near. I love JA Jance, just non this book.
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Mar 19, 2018 Phyllis rated it really liked it

I love J.A. Jance'south J.P. Beaumont Series. The Walker series is much darker and disturbing, which made information technology hard to end the first two. This i was the all-time so far. This was was very night too only the writing was better. I love J.A. Jance's J.P. Beaumont Series. The Walker series is much darker and disturbing, which made information technology hard to end the first two. This one was the all-time so far. This was was very dark also simply the writing was better. ...more

Too many characters to keep rail of. :(

Mar 25, 2018 Ron rated it liked it

A good story, but a niggling too gruesome for me.

First a correction. _Day of the Dead_ takes place in gimmicky times. The description says, "Immature girls are being spirited away from an orphanage deep in Colonial Mexico .." Colonial Mexico ceased to be in 1810 when the Mexicans rose upwards confronting Spain and created a new nation (Mexican State of war of Independence).
Now for the review. I quickly became a fan of Jance'southward Joanna Brady serial when I showtime moved to Arizona in 2000 and was living in Joanna'due south hometown of Bisbee. However, I'm non and then much a First a correction. _Day of the Dead_ takes place in contemporary times. The description says, "Young girls are beingness spirited abroad from an orphanage deep in Colonial Mexico .." Colonial United mexican states ceased to exist in 1810 when the Mexicans rose upwardly against Espana and created a new nation (Mexican War of Independence).
At present for the review. I quickly became a fan of Jance's Joanna Brady series when I showtime moved to Arizona in 2000 and was living in Joanna's hometown of Bisbee. However, I'k not so much a fan of the Walker family unit series, and especially this one, _Day of the Dead_. I call back it'southward a bad idea to get into gory detail about what psychopathic killers do to their victims, especially when the victims are very young teen girls. This kind of writing has been referred to "torture porn." At that place was fashion too much of that in this volume. In addition the writing seems tired at times, every bit if Jance herself had become bored with her characters. Reading this volume was not satisfying. ...more

Another first-class volume from J.A. Jance!!!

I take trouble believing that her get-go book was as bad equally she says! Every fiction book she has written has been excellent. I've read every one them, some of them 2 or 3 times. This is i of the all-time. I lived in Tucson for twenty years and she really captures the experience of that wonderful city. A serial killer and her pyscotic enabling husband accept gotten away with for over thirty years. But they never counted on Brandon Walker and his family and friends. When Bran

Some other excellent book from J.A. Jance!!!

I take problem believing that her showtime volume was as bad equally she says! Every fiction book she has written has been excellent. I've read every one them, some of them 2 or 3 times. This is one of the best. I lived in Tucson for 20 years and she really captures the feel of that wonderful metropolis. A serial killer and her pyscotic enabling married man take gotten away with for over 30 years. But they never counted on Brandon Walker and his family and friends. When Brandon starts looking into a murder that's over 30 years sometime, it doesn't accept long for him to doubtable that they are still at it! He's no longer the sheriff of Pima County just he is even so a cop at heart. Will this case finally impale him? Will he be able to bring down the bad guys? Laine is finishing upwardly her pre-med courses merely a decease brings her domicile early. Who dies? Read this fascinating book to find out! Highly recommended.

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Aug 28, 2020 George rated information technology liked information technology

#3 in the Walker Family mystery series. Former Sheriff Brandon Walker is living the life of a reluctant retiree and is both restless and bored missing the activity and sense of usefulness. That is until he's invited to the Terminal Chance Social club to review and effort to solve long-cold cases. The kickoff case to cantankerous his path is i he may have botched back when he was sheriff.

This is a story involving a number of people, both Native American and White, all continued in 1 style or another with a Native A

#3 in the Walker Family mystery serial. Former Sheriff Brandon Walker is living the life of a reluctant retiree and is both restless and bored missing the action and sense of usefulness. That is until he's invited to the Last Adventure Club to review and attempt to solve long-common cold cases. The showtime case to cross his path is one he may have botched back when he was sheriff.

This is a story involving a number of people, both Native American and White, all connected in one way or another with a Native America tribe in the Tucson area. It is also a story nigh immature girls existence spirited away from an orphanage deep in Mexico and the fate that waits for them is truly horrifying which becomes intertwined with Walker'south common cold case investigation. It also jumps back and along in time and between people.

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Brandon took a position investigating cold cases for TLC (The Final Chance) when he was invited to do so by Ralph Ames. The get-go case he caught was a 32-year-old murder referred to him by Gabe (Fat Crack) Ortiz, tribal council and medicine human being. The victim was dismembered and left forth the side of the road in a Colman cooler.
The current example Brian caught was strikingly similar. The young daughter was institute dismembered in trash bags. He'd fabricated a quick abort but the man was but v years sometime when the Brandon took a position investigating cold cases for TLC (The Last Chance) when he was invited to practise so past Ralph Ames. The outset case he caught was a 32-year-onetime murder referred to him past Gabe (Fatty Crack) Ortiz, tribal council and medicine man. The victim was dismembered and left along the side of the road in a Colman cooler.
The current case Brian caught was strikingly similar. The young daughter was found dismembered in trash bags. He'd made a quick arrest but the human being was only 5 years old when the beginning victim was found so information technology was unlikely he was the perpetrator but all the evidence pointed to him until a fingerprint plant in his home matched 1 on some other victim in nonetheless another jurisdiction. By that time the despondent man had attempted to kill himself in his cell. ...more

Am very torn virtually this quartet. I call back the concluding one: Queen of the Night is worth a read & encompasses & resolves nearly of the all-time elements. I generally like novels with a existent sense of place... But am distressing that both the Joanna Brady series & this quartet involve quite, fifty-fifty excessively, agonizing sexual violence & predation.
I much prefer the Ali Reynolds serial (& have non tried the Beaumont series...)
The all-time parts of this quartet are the extended family & the Native traditional ways that a Am very torn nearly this quartet. I think the terminal ane: Queen of the Night is worth a read & encompasses & resolves most of the all-time elements. I generally similar novels with a real sense of place... But am sad that both the Joanna Brady series & this quartet involve quite, even excessively, agonizing sexual violence & predation.
I much prefer the Ali Reynolds series (& have not tried the Beaumont series...)
The best parts of this quartet are the extended family & the Native traditional ways that are integrated, tho' not certain how the Tohono O'odham feel about it. I am very happy this pprbk re-create is falling apart. I will be recycling it... ...more

February 24, 2019 Toby rated it liked it

This was a good, but gory, thriller, and was my kickoff read by Jance. I don't call back it'll exist my last. However, upon reading the GR blurb, at least, I'm surprised because the actual murders in the book had nothing to do with Lani, although she did experience personal growth in other areas of the story.

This is not a book that I would read afterward dark, and a warning for those who want to read it -- there is some fairly gruesome sexual abuse/torture that is described in detail... but putting that out

This was a good, only gory, thriller, and was my starting time read by Jance. I don't remember it'll be my terminal. Withal, upon reading the GR blurb, at least, I'thou surprised because the actual murders in the volume had goose egg to do with Lani, although she did experience personal growth in other areas of the story.

This is non a book that I would read later on dark, and a alert for those who want to read information technology -- there is some fairly gruesome sexual abuse/torture that is described in detail... just putting that out at that place.

Would recommend to thriller aficionados and people who enjoy books past authors similar Tess Gerritsen and Iris Johansen.

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Sep 14, 2021 John rated it did not like information technology

This volume brings together elements of suspense and Native American civilization and lore as well family drama. Unfortunately, I didn't know that this was the third in a series when I started reading information technology. At that place's so much dorsum story here that a "bandage of characters" page was actually needed to sympathize the complicated relationships of all these people. The passages relating to the Tohono O'odham people were interesting in themselves, but they had no discernible link to the main story. You keep waiting fo This book brings together elements of suspense and Native American civilization and lore as well family drama. Unfortunately, I didn't know that this was the third in a series when I started reading it. In that location's so much dorsum story here that a "cast of characters" page was actually needed to empathise the complicated relationships of all these people. The passages relating to the Tohono O'odham people were interesting in themselves, but they had no discernible link to the main story. You go on waiting for the author to bring the disparate elements of her story together, but she never does. The catastrophe is sudden and thoroughly unsatisfying. ...more

This was a tough book to savor because of the subject area matter. Someone who does not like to read about rape and molestation should probably steer clear of this volume.
The Walker family serial is formatted differently from Jance'due south other series. In these books there is no mystery for the reader. You lot see into the mind of the criminal and watch as the investigators figure out the case. This series definitely deals with some existent sickos when it comes to the villains. That existence said, I nevertheless feel like This was a tough book to enjoy because of the subject matter. Someone who does not like to read well-nigh rape and molestation should probably steer clear of this book.
The Walker family serial is formatted differently from Jance'south other series. In these books there is no mystery for the reader. You see into the mind of the criminal and watch as the investigators figure out the case. This serial definitely deals with some real sickos when it comes to the villains. That being said, I nevertheless feel like these books are difficult to put downwards and I flew through this on audio in less than 24 hours.
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Dec 29, 2019 Penny rated information technology really liked it

J.A. Jance never writes less than a good mystery. I remember I have read one of the Brandon Walker series before only it was a long fourth dimension ago. I like the style that people pop upwardly from her other serial (and she has four including this). Sometimes, every bit in this volume it's pretty subtle - Ralph Ames, Beaumont'southward lawyer makes an advent at the end of the telephone, while other times she volition accept two detectives working direct together. It didn't seem as though starting with the 3rd ane mattered, but I west J.A. Jance never writes less than a good mystery. I recollect I have read one of the Brandon Walker series before but it was a long time ago. I like the way that people pop upwards from her other serial (and she has 4 including this). Sometimes, every bit in this book it's pretty subtle - Ralph Ames, Beaumont's lawyer makes an appearance at the end of the telephone, while other times she will have two detectives working directly together. It didn't seem equally though starting with the third i mattered, but I will try and find the earlier ones. ...more

Sep x, 2018 Kem rated it liked it

The culprits in this book are 2 of the almost evil I've read ever I believe. The offset one-half was difficult to understand in that information technology jumped from long past times to current times. It took a while to get that and put the story together. The last third of the volume is improve. I would have liked to take the culprits live long enough for a jail cell and public knowledge of their horrid crimes. They got off as well like shooting fish in a barrel. The culprits in this book are 2 of the nearly evil I've read e'er I believe. The starting time one-half was hard to sympathise in that information technology jumped from long past times to current times. It took a while to get that and put the story together. The last third of the book is better. I would accept liked to accept the culprits live long enough for a jail cell and public cognition of their horrid crimes. They got off besides easy. ...more

Sep 16, 2018 Suzi rated information technology it was astonishing

I listened to this in the automobile and the ending was pretty heady to hear while driving. This one seemed a picayune more brutal merely it is certainly current with today'south news. I really love the characters and family relationships. I dearest all Jance's series and I'm glad she's a fast writer with a lot of books behind her for me to catch up with. You can tell I'm no writer, but a devoted reader / listener. I listened to this in the motorcar and the catastrophe was pretty exciting to hear while driving. This ane seemed a little more than savage simply information technology is certainly current with today's news. I actually love the characters and family relationships. I love all Jance'south series and I'm glad she's a fast writer with a lot of books behind her for me to catch up with. Y'all can tell I'm no writer, but a devoted reader / listener. ...more

Apr 26, 2020 Laura rated it liked information technology

Sometimes I figure out the order of books and actually read them in that lodge!

Worth pointing out hither that this is the point in 2020 when I said "Ugh, no thanks" to perfectly practiced crime and mystery fiction, because I was getting super annoyed by people being shitty to other people in existent-world settings.

I'll likely be back -- there's about definitely a to-read pile full of crime and mystery -- but not merely yet.

Sometimes I effigy out the society of books and actually read them in that lodge!

Worth pointing out here that this is the point in 2020 when I said "Ugh, no cheers" to perfectly good offense and mystery fiction, because I was getting super annoyed by people being shitty to other people in real-world settings.

I'll likely be dorsum -- there's most definitely a to-read pile total of crime and mystery -- but not but yet.

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May 09, 2021 Mom rated it information technology was ok

This review has been hidden considering it contains spoilers. To view information technology, click here. Meh. A series killer stalks young girls over decades and eventually a cold example is solved and the grisly design exposed. Prepare partially on an Indian reservation with characters from a tribe that I tin can't record since I listened to this on audio and take no idea how that proper noun is spelled and I can't eve pronounce it several days after finishing the book. I guess this is a spoiler although in that location never was any suspense most who did it or whether they would get defenseless. Meh. A serial killer stalks young girls over decades and eventually a cold example is solved and the grisly pattern exposed. Gear up partially on an Indian reservation with characters from a tribe that I can't record since I listened to this on audio and have no idea how that name is spelled and I can't eve pronounce it several days after finishing the book. I gauge this is a spoiler although there never was any suspense almost who did it or whether they would get caught. ...more

This really could have been then much better. The graphic scenes of depravity didn't add together anything to the story. I'chiliad no prude but there was aught of value to the story to be found there. It was more similar the author wanted to shock the reader. Those wasted pages could have been spent on the Native American aspects or the Walker family unit. This actually could accept been so much meliorate. The graphic scenes of depravity didn't add annihilation to the story. I'1000 no prude but at that place was zilch of value to the story to be constitute there. Information technology was more like the author wanted to stupor the reader. Those wasted pages could take been spent on the Native American aspects or the Walker family. ...more

May ten, 2021 Maureen rated it liked it

I read the beginning ii in the series and didn't hate them, then I idea I would end it upward. Having lived in Tucson and environs for almost a decade these bring dorsum some wonderful memories of people, places and experiences from my by. The Walkers certainly get involved in some gruesome stuff, though. I read the showtime two in the series and didn't hate them, and so I thought I would end information technology up. Having lived in Tucson and environs for about a decade these bring back some wonderful memories of people, places and experiences from my past. The Walkers certainly get involved in some gruesome stuff, though. ...more

The Walker series past this author has interesting plots and skillful characterization. The villains in this particular outing had no nuance whatsoever and their misdeeds on the unbelievable side, but the detective work to get to them was a solid plot.

Judith Ann Jance is the height ten New York Times bestselling author of the Joanna Brady series; the J. P. Beaumont series; 3 interrelated thrillers featuring the Walker family unit; and Edge of Evil, the start in a series featuring Ali Reynolds. Born in S Dakota and brought upwardly in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.

Series:
* J.P. Beaumont
* Joann

Judith Ann Jance is the pinnacle ten New York Times bestselling writer of the Joanna Brady serial; the J. P. Beaumont series; three interrelated thrillers featuring the Walker family; and Edge of Evil, the first in a series featuring Ali Reynolds. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her married man in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.

Series:
* J.P. Beaumont
* Joanna Brady
* Ali Reynolds
* Walker Family

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