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Book Review:
Fire And Ice
By J.A. Jance
William Morrow, $25.99
ISBN: 978-0-06-123922-9
In previous novels, J.A.
Jance introduced separately two appealing protagonists, J.P. Beaumont and
Joanna Brady. In "Fire
And Ice," both play inter-related roles while pursuing apparently
different cases, his in the Pacific
Northwest, hers in Arizona. Who said the
twain will never meet?
Discovery of a murder in Washington State leads Beaumont to investigate the grisly deaths of six young women,
while in Bisby, AZ, Brady and her deputies are looking into the death of
a caretaker in an ATV facility. Meanwhile,
one of her detectives has a sister missing.
Is one of the victims up north that sister? Are crimes in two different jurisdictions
related?
Tightly plotted and full of
suspense, Jance has written a powerful tale, gripping in detail. The insights into her characters are deep and
psychologically intriguing, and the book is recommended.
Review by THEODORE FEIT
©2009 Lorie Ham. All rights reserved.
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