J.A. Jance

With more than 21 million books in print, New York Times bestselling mystery author J.A. JANCE returns with Deadly Stakes. After suffering heartbreak at the hands of a cyber-sociopath in Fatal Error, Lynn Martinson believes she has finally found her happily-ever-after with new boyfriend Chip Ralston. But when Ralston’s gold-digging ex-wife is found murdered and abandoned in Arizona’s Camp Verde desert, the couple finds themselves in jail with a rapidly expiring plea deal designed to make them testify… Show more against one another. Lynn’s mother comes to Ali Reynolds for help, and the police academy-trained former reporter soon finds herself working against the clock to clear two innocent names.

J. A. JANCE is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series, the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, and four interrelated Southwestern thrillers featuring the Walker family. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance and her husband live in Seattle, Washington and Tucson, Arizona.

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