Queen of the Night

Informationen zum Autor J. A. Jance  is the  New York Times  bestselling author of the J. P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, the Ali Reynolds series, six thrillers about the Walker Family, and one volume of poetry. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, she lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington. Klappentext Every summer, the Queen of the Night flower blooms in the Arizona desert—a sacred event commemorated throughout the Tohono O'odham Nation. But this year, one couple's celebration is prematurely destroyed by gunfire . . . and the sole witness to the carnage is a little girl who has lost the only family she's ever known. Dr. Lani Walker recognizes the trauma of her own childhood reflected in her devastated young patient. Joining Dan Pardee—a member of the unorthodox Shadow Wolves border patrol—Lani vows to keep the child safe while tracking down a ruthless killer. Meanwhile, Lani's adoptive father, retired homicide detective Brandon Walker, sees a break in his investigation of the long unsolved murder of an Arizona State University coed—while his wife, Diana Ladd, relives terrible memories of a man whose death haunts her still. Zusammenfassung “J.A. Jance is among the best—if not the best.” — Chattanooga Times In Queen of the Night , New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance brings back the Walker family—introduced in Hour of the Hunter , terrorized in Kiss of the Bees , and last seen in Day of the Dead . A multilayered thriller, gripping and unforgettable—evocatively set in the breathtaking Arizona desert— Queen of the Night is a chilling tale of murder past and present that connects and devastates three separate families.

Product details

• Authors: J A Jance, J. A. Jance
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.03.2011
• EAN: 9780062044891
• ISBN: 978-0-06-204489-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 181 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Walker Family Mysteries
• Subjects: FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION: Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Animals