Left for Dead A Novel

In New York Timesbestselling J.A. Jance's latest thriller, Ali Reynolds investigates two shocking cases of victims brutally left for dead. The fear in Ali Reynolds's home state of Arizona is palpable as the drug wars continue to escalate, claiming many lives in horrific murders. When Santa Rita deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, one of Ali's classmates from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim. But the crime scene investigation shows that there's much more to it than that, and soon he and his pregnant wife, Teresa, are both under suspicion. Ali Reynolds owes Jose Reyes a debt of gratitude for the help he gave her years earlier when she was dealing with a troubled friend. When she's summoned to his bedside at Mercy Medical Center in Tucson, it's impossible for Ali to turn away. And knowing Reyes as well as she does, Ali finds it hard to believe that he's become mixed up in the drug trade, despite evidence to the contrary. Upon arriving at the hospital, Ali finds that her good friend, Sister Anselm, is there, tooworking as a patient advocate on behalf of another seriously injured victim, an unidentified young woman presumed to be an illegal border crosser, who was raped and savagely beaten. Ali becomes determined to seek justice in both cases and digs for clues to find the true culprits. Fast-paced, tension-filled, and intriguingly complex, this is J.A. Jance at her riveting best.

J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series, the J.P. Beaumont series, and the Joanna Brady series, as well as five interrelated Southwestern thrillers featuring the Walker family. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona. Visit her online at JAJance.com.