Left for Dead: A Novel - Ali Reynolds Series

Brief Description: After the near-fatal shooting of a former police academy classmate and an encounter with Sister Anselm, who is acting as a patient advocate for a woman who was savagely attacked by a drug cartel, Ali Reynolds is determined to seek justice in both cases. Marc Notes: Copyright date 2012.; After the near-fatal shooting of a former police academy classmate and an encounter with Sister Anselm, who is acting as a patient advocate for a woman who was savagely attacked by a drug cartel, Ali Reynolds is determined to seek justice in both cases. Publisher Marketing: When violence from the drug wars with the Mexican cartels crosses the border into Arizona, and an old friend is murdered, Ali Reynolds steps in to investigate in "New York Times" bestselling author J. A. Jance's fast-paced mystery. When Santa Cruz county deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, one of Ali Reynolds's classmates from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim of the drug wars escalating across the border. But the crime scene investigation shows there's much more to it than that, and soon he and his pregnant wife, Teresa, are both under suspicion. Ali owes Reyes a debt of gratitude for the help he gave her years earlier. When she's summoned to his bedside at Mercy Medical Center in Tucson, it's impossible for Ali to turn away. Upon arriving at the hospital, Ali finds her good friend, Sister Anselm, is there as well, working as a patient advocate on behalf of another seriously injured victim, an unidentified border crosser who was raped and savagely beaten. As more bodies begin to pile up, Ali becomes determined to seek justice, even when it becomes impossible to know where the danger is coming from. Fast-paced, tension-filled, and intriguingly complex, "Left for Dead" is J. A. Jance at her riveting best. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 11/28/2011 (EAN 9781451628586, Hardcover)

Romantic Times 02/01/2012 pg. 72 (EAN 9781451628586, Hardcover)

Booklist 01/01/2012 pg. 48 (EAN 9781451628586, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2012 (EAN 9781451628586, Hardcover)

Library Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 62 (EAN 9781442346239, Compact Disc)

Contributor Bio:  Jance, J A J. A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the J. P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, the Ali Reynolds series, and four interrelated thrillers about the Walker family, as well as a volume of poetry. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.