Joanna Brady is the protagonist of a series of

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novels by author

J. A. Jance Judith Ann (J. A.) Jance (born October 27, 1944) is an American author of mystery novels. She writes three series of novels, centering on retired Seattle Police Department Detective J. P. Beaumont, Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady, and for ...

, centered on the small desert town of

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.J A Jance
Internet Booklist. Retrieved March 2011 Joanna starts out as a mother of a 9-year-old Jenny and the wife of Andy Brady, who runs for

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but is killed before the election and is then accused of being dirty. Joanna runs in his stead, clears his name, and wins the election to become sheriff, even though she does not have much background in law enforcement. On one hand, many people in the community are not used to having a woman in a position of power, which makes her job as sheriff somewhat more difficult, but, on the other hand, her relative independence from the old-boy network of local law enforcement makes it easier for her to clean house there as needed.

Bibliography

Joanna Brady appears in the following novels: * '' Desert Heat'' (1993) * '' Tombstone Courage'' (1994) * '' Shoot Don't Shoot'' (1995) * ''

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'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1997) * ''

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''(1998) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Devil's Claw'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2001) * ''

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''(2003) * ''

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''(2004) * '' Dead Wrong'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Fire and Ice (with J.P. Beaumont)'' (2009) * Judgment Call

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