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Remains Of Innocence Low Price CD: A Brady Novel Of Suspense (2000)

by J.A. Jance(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0062400932 (ISBN13: 9780062400932)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

series

Joanna Brady

review 1: I read this book so fast I didn't have time to post I was reading it! Even tho this is the 16th in the series, it is still suspenseful and fast-paced. J.A. Jance never disappoints. This book involves two complicated cases that Joanna Brady, Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona must solve:1. Liza Machett's estranged mother, Thelma, is a mentally ill and abusive hoarder and hermit. After Thelma is hospitalized, Liza returns to her childhood home to retrieve a cookbook her mother has requested and discovers a fortune in hundred-dollar bills hidden in books and magazines through out the house. Infuriated that the money was there all the time Liza and her brother, Guy, were growing up poor without the necessities of life, she begins to renovate the house to sell. On the da... morey of her mother's funeral the house burns down, her apartment is broken into, and her elderly landlady is murdered. Because an elderly man at the funeral warned her of impending danger, Liza's boss gets her into an Underground Railroad system for victims of domestic violence. She travels to Bisbee, Arizona to find her estranged brother, Guy, in the hope he can help her figure out what's going on. Guy also happens to be the medical examiner in Joanna's department. During the trip Liza finds out her boss have been brutally tortured and murdered; and when she arrives in Bisbee, she also finds out her brother has also been brutally tortured and murdered. Why is she being hunted? Where did the money come from? Who is after her? Does it have something to do with the big racketeering trial going on in Boston?2. A recurring character from previous books, Junior Dowdle, a developmentally disabled man in his 60's is found dead at the bottom of a hole in a limestone cavern near Bisbee, Arizona. The police also discover a badly tortured kitten, barely alive, on a shelf in the cave and underneath the body the remains of other mutilated pets. Could Junior, with the onset of dementia and violent episodes, have murdered these animals? Most people think not. Was Junior a murderer or a victim? In interviewing neighborhood friends on Junior's street, the police talk to an alcoholic mother and her two home-schooled children named Ruth and Lucas and another boy named Jason who used to play checkers with Junior. What do they know about Junior's disappearance and death? I like the step-by-step police procedural that is followed by the various agencies in discovering clues and solving the cases. Sometimes it is coincidence, accident, or chance that propel the investigation on and keep the police from hitting dead-ends. I also like how Joanna's personal life is intertwined with her exciting, dangerous life as a sheriff. You also feel like you are coming home again with each book Jance writes - the recurring characters, the descriptive desert landscapes, the small town atmosphere. A very good read.
review 2: I love the Joanna Brady series and very much enjoyed this latest novel set in Buzbee, AZ. However, I also very much enjoyed the second plot that was happening in Massachusetts and how they intersected at the end. My only complaint is that there are so many different characters between both story lines and the fact that the police and Feds are involved as well that I sometimes had trouble keeping them straight. Or maybe I was just tired when I was reading...Great book! less

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