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Cold betrayal / J.A. Jance.
Summary:
"Revenge isn't the only dish served cold... Ali Reynolds's longtime friend and Taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm, rushes to the bedside of a young pregnant woman hospitalized for severe injuries after she was hit by a car on a deserted Arizona highway. The girl had been running away from The Family, a polygamous cult with no patience for those who try to leave its ranks. Something about her strikes a chord in Sister Anselm, reminding her of a case she worked years before when another young girl wasn't so lucky. Meanwhile, married life agrees with Ali. But any hopes that she and her husband, B. Simpson, will finally slow down and relax now that they've tied the knot are dashed when Ali's new daughter-in-law approaches her, desperate for help. The girl's grandmother, Betsy, is in danger: she's been receiving anonymous threats, and someone even broke into her home and turned on the gas burners in the middle of the night. But the local police think the elderly woman's just not as sharp as she used to be. While Ali struggles to find a way to protect Betsy before it's too late, Sister Anselm needs her help as well, and the two race the clock to uncover the secrets that The Family has hidden for so long--before someone comes back to bury them forever."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476745060 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 387 pages ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Pocket Books, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2015.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Russell Library | AF JAN (Text) | 36730000188904 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2015 February #2
A pair of problems needs the attention of Arizona sleuth Ali Reynolds. First, Ali's daughter-in-law, Athena, asks for help for her widowed grandmother in Minnesota, whose charges of being the victim of attempted bodily harm are discounted because of her age and possible mental deterioration. Then Ali's dear friend, Sister Anselm, involves her in something bigger. A young pregnant girlâtrying to escape from a repressive polygamous cult called the Familyâis injured in a car accident, and the nun is called to be the patient advocate for both mother and infant. Ali follows the money in both cases, although getting information about the Family is like turning over a rock and finding something ugly. Breaking up the moneymaking scheme at the center of the Family eventually involves Interpol and law-enforcement agencies on all levels, and ends with a bloodbath that leaves Ali and Sister Anselm with feelings of responsibility. Jance's tenth Ali Reynolds entry (after Moving Target, 2014) is more sobering than many, but with the well-drawn characters, brisk prose, and skillful plotting that mark this dependable series. Copyright 2014 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2015 January #1
Ali Reynolds and her friend Sister Anselm are back, this time to rescue an elderly widow and a runaway teen.When Ali's daughter-in-law, Athena, asks for help with her grandmother Betsy Peterson, Ali's willing, even though she lives in Sedona, Arizona, and Betsy in Bemidji, Minnesota. Betsy's on her own in the farmhouse she and her late husband bought, and she's convinced that someone tried to murder her by leaving the gas burners on. The local police think she's a batty old dame, and only Athena and Ali take her part. While Ali's husband's security company is setting up a surveillance system for Betsy, Ali's friend Sister Anselm Becker becomes a patient advocate for Enid Tower, a pregnant teen hit by a car as she ran away from a polygamist commune near the isolated region around Colorado City. For political reasons, the state lets the commune of 25 or 30 householdsâcalling itself The Familyâgovern itself. As Sister Anselm learns, the women are forced to marry as y oung as 15, become broodmares, stay illiterate, live in servitude and shun the outside world. Once Enid's given birth and she's under Sister Anselm's protection, she and two other runaways fill in Ali and Anselm about The Family and the fate of those girls who try to escape. While Ali's trying to discover who's emptying Betsy's bank accounts back in Minnesota, she helps fend off Enid's husband, who wants his youngest wife and latest child back. A shocking discovery about how The Family affords the commune's upkeep brings Ali and Anselm even more help than they had hoped forâand leads them straight into more danger than they expected. The two unrelated plotlines give the impression that Jance (Moving Target, 2014, etc.) didn't have enough of either for a complete story. Yet Ali's good heart and sense of justice combine with well-paced suspense to create a satisfying whole greater than the sum of its parts. Copyright Kirkus 2014 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2014 October #2
The author of several New York Times best-selling series circles back to Ali Reynolds, called on for help by her new daughter-in-law, who's worried because her grandmother is being threatened, and by her good friend Sister Anselm, now tending a young pregnant woman badly injured in a hit-and-run after she flees a polygamous cult. With an eight-city tour.
[Page 63]. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2015 January #2
Two cases engage Ali Reynolds and her new husband, tech guru B. Simpson, in bestseller Jance's lively 10th novel featuring the former L.A. TV newscaster now living in her hometown of Sedona, Ariz. (after 2014's Moving Target). The first one involves Ali's daughter-in-law, Athena, whose grandmother is being pushed off her Minnesota farm. The second begins when pregnant teen Enid Tower escapes from a secretive polygamous cult and is badly injured after being hit by a car on an Arizona highway. As a result of the accident, she gives birth prematurely to a girl. Sister Anselm, nun extraordinaire and patient advocate, attends to Enid and her baby in the hospital. The investigation of the cult leads to horrendous violence, which doesn't quite pass the believability test. Anselm's scenesâlow-key but compellingâare the best thing in the book. But the prolific Jance knows how to tell a story, so series fans won't be disappointed. Agent: Alice Volpe, Northwest Literary Agency. (Mar.)
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