Best in Books January 2011

Queen of the Night by J.A. Jance

Bestselling author J.A. Jance will be at the Southeast Regional Library on Thursday, February 3 at 11AM in the Assembly Room. The program is provided courtesy of the Friends of the Southeast Regional Library & Perry Branch. Ms. Jance will be discussing her newly released mystery book, Fatal Error. Copies will be available for purchase.

A book discussion for Jance’s current book, Queen of the Night, will be held in the Southeast Regional Library staff conference room on Thursday, January 27 at 10AM. Copies for check out are available on the Southeast Regional Blog display table near the new fiction area at the front of the library or the book is available for request through the library website at www.mcldaz.org. Registration is not required for either event, so grab a friend or two and join this opportunity to discuss a current novel and learn more about the author who uses Arizona as a backdrop for many of her stories.


Publisher's Weekly Review

Dedicated to the late Tony Hillerman, Jance's brilliant fourth suspense novel featuring former homicide detective Brandon Walker and his wife, novelist Diana Ladd (after Day of the Dead), spans some 50 years, from a murder in 1959 in San Diego to a rash of killings in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Tucson, Ariz., in 2009. Interwoven with these crimes are legends of the Tohono O'odham Indians (aka the Desert People) and the lives of such contemporary Native people as Lani Walker, Brandon and Diana's adopted daughter. Jance's masterful handling of a complex cast of characters makes it easy for the reader to appreciate the intricate web of relationships that bind them across generations. The title refers to the night-blooming Cereus, a desert plant that blooms once a year and is of great symbolic importance to the Tohono. Jance, perhaps best known for her J.P. Beaumont series (Fire and Ice, etc.), has crafted a mystery that Hillerman would be proud of and that her fans will love. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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