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Tombstone Courage: A Joanna Brady Mystery
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Love Joanna Brady-A Great Character! A+++
  • First Brady Series Novel
  • GREAT AUDIO BOOK!
  • Superwoman ala Sheriff Joanna Brady Style!
  • Entertaining book
 Tombstone Courage: A Joanna Brady Mystery
J.A. Jance
Manufacturer: Avon
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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  1. Shoot Don't Shoot: A Joanna Brady Mystery
  2. Desert Heat
  3. Dead to Rights (A Joanna Brady Mystery)
  4. Skeleton Canyon: A Joanna Brady Mystery
  5. Rattlesnake Crossing

ASIN: 0380765462

Book Description

With grit, courage and dogged determination, Joanne challenged the status quo -- and won. Now, as newly elected Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, she must battle the prejudice and hostility of a mistrustful, male-dominated police force -- and solve a grisly double homicide that threatens to tear the sleepy desert community to pieces. For the two bodies baking in the harsh Southwestern sun are connected by sinister threads that reach back generations -- and by devastating family secrets of greed, hatred and shocking abuse that could destroy the innocent along with the guilty.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Love Joanna Brady-A Great Character! A+++.......2007-03-01

The book begins with Harold Patterson, an 84-year old man who is being sued by one of his own daughters, Holly, for incestuous acts. Harold Patterson wants to meet with Holly finally, to try to make amends and talk her out of this lawsuit. They do meet face to face, and Holly is anything but pleased. Harold dies before any amends are made, or is murdered rather mysteriously.

Joanna Brady gets elected Chochise County sheriff, the first female ever. As a rookie cop, let alone a woman, none of the other men on the force have any respect for her until she lays down the law. Joanna gets involved in the Patterson case, and seeks out Holly and Ivy, the other daughter herself. Ivy was the one that always was there to care for her mother when she was an invalid both physically, and mentally, whereas Holly was wild, running off and on drugs. They both hated their father, and Joanna is trying to uncover what happened down "Glory Hole," where Harold's body was found, and under that is a skeleton years and years old. The identity of the skeleton is a shock to all. And to uncover the mystery, Joanna puts herself in front of real danger.

A very intriguing book all the way through!

4 out of 5 stars First Brady Series Novel.......2007-01-05

I happened upon this and 2 other Brady novels and am enjoying them...but then I really like the JP Beaumont series as well.

So far the detail and writing isn't as "rich" as the Beaumont novels in Seattle...but then maybe I know Seattle better than Arizona. But the details in the character haven't built up as well either....maybe this will improve as the Beaumont series did.

5 out of 5 stars GREAT AUDIO BOOK!.......2005-12-04

This audio book contains one very intriguing mystery. It was great all the way to the end. Well done--I really liked it!

5 out of 5 stars Superwoman ala Sheriff Joanna Brady Style!.......2005-04-08

There's no grace period for the newly elected Sheriff Joanna Brady. She isn't being eased into the job but instead is thrown into investigating the murder of a prominent citizen of Bisbee, Arizona. In the process of trying to solve the crime, Joanna must sort through the victim's family secrets and dirty laundry. It's once again a race against the clock to find the killer before he strikes next. You'd think this would be enough for any new sheriff, but Joanna Brady must also deal with the resentments of long-time employees not happy with the changes she's bringing to the sheriff's office.

Still not enough on her plate, Joanna must go home and deal with family issues revolving around the recent death of her husband, Andy, the former Sheriff of Cochise County. Issues like helping her daughter, Jenny, deal with the loss of her father, or trying to keep her overbearing mother at arm's length.

JA Jance has created a main character to which every working mother can relate - she's overwhelmed at times and just trying to do the best she is capable of doing. Surrounding Joanna Brady is a cast of support characters who invoke a wide range of emotions from the reader. The mother is one who frustrates, the daughter seems cuddly and a typical child, the in-laws are gifts from heaven, everyone wishes Reverend Marianne were their friend, and many will wonder how the sheriff's receptionist could qualify and be hired for her job.

Reading a JA Jance novel, with a couple of exceptions, is like becoming part of the series' family. You'll laugh, cry, become frustrated, etc. You'll live the book. It's a subtle way of drawing you into the story with both the familiar characters and the great plots.

Absolutely an addition to your must read list but I do recommend reading this series in order. Don't get me wrong, it's not mandatory to do this but doing so will give you the history of the entire group and make each new book much more enjoyable and that much harder to put down!

4 out of 5 stars Entertaining book.......2003-12-09

This is book two in a series of books about Joanna Brady. In this book Joanna is running for sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona.

The author, J.A. Jance, does a good job of detailing the life of Brady and I felt that I got to know her fairly well throughout the story. I thought she did an exceptional job of outlining the relationship between mother and daughter during a rough period in their lives.

This well written book takes you through the life of Brady as she runs for Sheriff just at a time that two murders are discovered in her town. The murders revolve around a 30 year old family feud of a respected family in this small town.

Although the book was fairly slow to start it picked up quickly towards the end. Maybe a bit too quickly for my taste as I felt some things were left unexplored.

Overall I found this to be an entertaining book, even though I hadn't read the first in the series. I recommend it to anyone who wants a bit of a mystery in an easy to read book.

Tombstone Courage
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    		Tombstone Courage
    J. A. Jance
    Manufacturer: AVON BOOKS
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback
    ASIN: B000Q58YFC
    Tombstone Courage (Joanna Brady Mystery Ser.)
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      		Tombstone Courage (Joanna Brady Mystery Ser.)
      J. A. Jance
      Manufacturer: Avon Books
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Mass Market Paperback
      ASIN: B000NYH1NW
      Joanna Brady Mystery Series: Desert Heat, Tombstone Courage, Shoot Don't Shoot, Dead to Rights, Skeleton Canyon, Rattlesnake Crossing, Outlaw Mountain, Devil's Claw, Paradise Lost, Partner In Crime, Exit Wounds, Dead Wrong (Set of 12 Novels)
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        		Joanna Brady Mystery Series: Desert Heat, Tombstone Courage, Shoot Don't Shoot, Dead to Rights, Skeleton Canyon, Rattlesnake Crossing, Outlaw Mountain, Devil's Claw, Paradise Lost, Partner In Crime, Exit Wounds, Dead Wrong (Set of 12 Novels)
        J.A. Jance
        Manufacturer: Avon
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Hardcover
        ASIN: B000QWCBHC
        Joanna Brady Mystery Series: Desert Heat, Tombstone Courage, Shoot Don't Shoot, Dead to Rights, Skeleton Canyon, Rattlesnake Crossing, Outlaw Mountain, Devil's Claw, Paradise Lost, Partner In Crime, Exit Wounds (Set of 11 Novels)
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          		Joanna Brady Mystery Series: Desert Heat, Tombstone Courage, Shoot Don't Shoot, Dead to Rights, Skeleton Canyon, Rattlesnake Crossing, Outlaw Mountain, Devil's Claw, Paradise Lost, Partner In Crime, Exit Wounds (Set of 11 Novels)
          J.A. Jance
          Manufacturer: Avon
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Mass Market Paperback
          ASIN: B000QWANAE
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            Product Description

            5 Titles By J.A. Jance Joanna Brady Series : Tombstone Courage Skeleton Canyon Paradise Lost Partner In Crime Exit Wounds. Five mmpb books.
            Tombstone Courage
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              		Tombstone Courage
              J.A. Jance
              Manufacturer: William Morrow & Co
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Hardcover
              ASIN: B000OFHDAG
              Tombstone Courage
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                		Tombstone Courage
                J.A. JANCE
                Manufacturer: Morrow
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Hardcover
                ASIN: B000OPMSG0

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