Blessing of the lost girls: a brady and walker family novel - j. a. jance

New York Times bestselling author J.

Jance presents a riveting new Walker Family suspense novel in which human remains found in Cochise County have federal investigator Dan Pardee, Brandon Walkers son-in-law, stepping into Sheriff Joanna Bradys jurisdiction.

As the investigation to track down a killer who preys on Indigenous victims unfolds, Jance brings together popular characters from both her Brady and Walker books.

When human remains are found in Joanna Bradys Cochise County, the victim turns out to be a missing young woman of Apache descent.

As part of a newly formed Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Task Force, Dan Pardee, a former Border Patrol Shadow Wolf and Brandon Walkers son-in-law, catches the case and ends up in Sheriff Joanna Bradys jurisdiction.

Will Dan find out what led to this young womans death? Theres a long case ahead, and the task force will do anything to bring down a serial killer before he can strike again.

Jance returns to her Southwest roots in this gripping tale that brings together characters from both her Joanna Brady books and the Walker Family novels.

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Jances New York Times bestselling Brady and Walker novels, federal investigator Dan Pardee, Brandon Walkers son-in-law, crosses paths with Sheriff Joanna Brady as he traces the bloody path of a merciless serial killer across the Southwest in this intense thriller.

Driven by a compulsion that challenges his self-control, the man calling himself Charles Milton prowls the rodeo circuit, hunting young women.

He chooses those he believes are the most vulnerable, wandering alone and distracted, before he strikes.

For years, he has been meticulous in his methods, abducting, murdering, and disposing his victims while leaving no evidence of his crimes--or their identities--behind.

Indigenous women have become his target of choice, knowing law enforcements history of ignoring their disappearances.

A cold case has just been assigned to Dan Pardee, a field officer with the newly formed Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Task Force.

Rosa Rios, a young woman of Apache descent and one-time rodeo star, vanished three years ago.

Human remains, a homicide victim burned beyond recognition, were discovered in Cochise County around the time she went missing.

They have finally been confirmed to be Rosa.

With Sheriff Joanna Bradys help, Dan is determined to reopen the case and bring long-awaited justice to Rosas family.

As the orphaned son of a murdered i.