Seattleites Beau Beaumont and his wife, Melissa Soames, are
members of the Special Homicide Investigation Team, a
special task force for the Washington State Attorney
General. The burned bodies of five women, wrapped in
tarps, have been dumped, and any way to identify them
eliminated, including pulling the teeth out at the roots.
Then they get a break -- the next body was found in
Kittitas, Washington with the teeth intact, but the rest of
the MO identical. Dental records identify the victim as
being Marcella Andrade from Cochise County, Arizona.
Several other useful items were found on or near the body.
Marcella is survived by a son, Luis, and a brother,
Detective Jaime Carbajal of the Cochise County Sheriff's
office. For the second time in his career, Beau makes a
trip to Cochise County to work with the sheriff, Joanna
Brady, and her staff.
Joanna has her hands full with a homicide involving an
older man that was run over by the same vehicle several
times. On the personal side Joanna has a baby and teen-
aged daughter, and a practically "new" husband. She
spreads herself very thin.
If J. A. Jance writes it, I will be there to read it. Ms.
Jance has a distinct style that is mesmerizing, and
continuing characters that you want to put on your
Christmas card list. FIRE AND ICE is a police procedural
at its very finest with merging storylines, perfect pacing,
and outstanding narratives. Why are older women, as well
as young girls being more or less abducted and
slaughtered? Beau gets help from Detective Jaime Carbajal
in a life or death climax. This book is great
entertainment and not to be missed if the reader
appreciates exceptional writing of a great mystery tale.
In Seattle . . . six women have died terrible deaths—wrapped
in tarps, doused with gasoline, and set on fire—their
charred remains unceremoniously scattered in various dump
sites around the city.
Investigator J. P. Beaumont is working overtime to unravel a
killer's grisly pattern. In the Arizona desert . . . Sheriff
Joanna Brady of Cochise County investigates the cold-blooded
slaying of the elderly caretaker of an ATV park, heartlessly
run over and left to die—the innocent victim in a brutal
turf war . . . or possibly something far more sinister.
Two cases separated by thousands of miles are drawing closer
together by the hour—and drawing Beau once more into Brady
country. Sparks flew the last time they joined forces. This
time, it'll be murder . . .
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