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Left for Dead: A Novel (Ali Reynolds Book 7) Kindle Edition

by J.A. Jance (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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When violence from the drug wars with the Mexican cartels crosses the border into Arizona, and an old friend is murdered, Ali Reynolds steps in to investigate in New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance’s fast-paced mystery.

When Santa Cruz county deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, one of Ali Reynolds’s classmates from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim of the drug wars escalating across the border. But the crime scene investigation shows there’s much more to it than that, and soon he and his pregnant wife, Teresa, are both under suspicion.

Ali owes Reyes a debt of gratitude for the help he gave her years earlier. When she’s summoned to his bedside at Mercy Medical Center in Tucson, it’s impossible for Ali to turn away. Upon arriving at the hospital, Ali finds her good friend, Sister Anselm, is there as well, working as a patient advocate on behalf of another seriously injured victim, an unidentified border crosser who was raped and savagely beaten.

As more bodies begin to pile up, Ali becomes determined to seek justice, even when it becomes impossible to know where the danger is coming from. Fast-paced, tension-filled, and intriguingly complex, Left for Dead is J.A. Jance at her riveting best.
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A teenage prostitute is beaten, raped, and tortured on the same day a cop, Jose Reyes, is shot while making a routine traffic stop; both are left for dead and eventually taken to the same Tucson hospital. When Ali Reynolds arrives at the hospital to help the family of her former police-academy classmate Reyes, she finds her old friend Sister Anselm acting as patient advocate for the heavily sedated young woman. But Ali is soon offering more than comfort when evidence appears to implicate both Jose and his pregnant wife, Teresa, in drug trafficking. Sleuthing is clearly more satisfying for former reporter and cop Ali than administering a private charity fund, her new job. This seventh in the Ali Reynolds series (after Fatal Error, 2011) has enough backstory to bring new readers up to speed, and it’s suffused with an old-home-week feeling as it advances the lives of its protagonist and those around her. Entertaining on all counts. --Michele Leber

About the Author

J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series, the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, and the Walker Family series. Born in South Dakota and raised in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington. Visit her online at JAJance.com.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005FLOGFE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gallery Books; Reprint edition (February 7, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 7, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5502 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 306 pages
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J.A. Jance is the New York Times best selling author of 46 contemporary mysteries in four different series.

A voracious reader, J. A. Jance knew she wanted to be a writer from the moment she read her first Wizard of Oz book in second grade. Always drawn to mysteries, from Nancy Drew right through John D. McDonald's Travis Magee series, it was only natural that when she tried her hand at writing her first book, it would be a mystery as well.

J. A. Jance went on to become the New York Times bestselling author of the J. P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, three interrelated thrillers featuring the Walker family, and Edge of Evil. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.

Jance is an avid crusader for many causes, including the American Cancer Society, Gilda's Club, the Humane Society, the YMCA, and the Girl Scouts. A lover of animals, she has a rescued Dachshund named Bella.

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L. Paul
5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite So Far
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2019
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This is my favoriate so far in the series. Ali is working a mystery but she's not the only one (I really hate books where they have a superman or superwoman character that does everything without help) and we're introduced to some of her police academy friends and a nun she befriended in an earlier book. The plot is taut and the ending completely unexpected. I did have a couple of questions. The teen runaway in the book went missing from her Mom and StepDad's at 14, yet she has a tattoo she said her Mom got her for her 15th birthday. Also in one scene, Ali is introduced by a long-time friend to another person as a "Reserve (LEO) Officer" yet, nowhere in this book or the prior one is she working for law enforcement in any capacity. She was not hired by LE in any capacity after completing police officer training due to budget cuts in an earlier book.
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Jan
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2013
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I got hooked on this author when she began writing the Brady series. I live in Tucson and could identify with all of the places she wrote about. This book disappointed me because she fictionalized so many of the places, specifically the hospital and the convent. Putting that aside it was a very good book. I haven't read any of the other Reynolds books but plan to do so. Another reviewer mentioned the Beaumont series and how well written those books are. I agree, this book is not the quality of the earlier books written by this author. Nevertheless this is an easy read, and if that is what you are looking for then please purchase it. The characters are well drawn and there are some plot twists. This is a good book to read if you aren't looking for any thing heavy or any obnoxious page wasting love scenes.
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Jackie Snyder
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Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2024
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This book just looked good and I am excited about reading it.
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Sandra House
5.0 out of 5 stars This book keeps you wanting to read more!
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2023
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I can’t stop reading her books! I have never been disappointed in any book she has written! I highly recommend this book!
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garld E blanton
5.0 out of 5 stars lef to dead
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2023
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nice book and thanks of the shipping
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Sunflower
4.0 out of 5 stars Women Sleuths Keep it Going
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2012
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This is one of my favorite mystery authors; however, I found the beginning of this book to be a bit confusing at times. I almost quit reading it early on because I thought I had bought a book in which the heroine was Ali Reynolds, but she seemed to remain very much in the background. However, Ali finally shows up to play a significance part in investigating the attempted murders and other actual murders. A young, run away from home, call girl is brutally beaten and a cop is shot. Both are left for dead in unrelated cases...or are they? Both individuals end up at the same hospital in the same ICU. There are also some thugs, the murder of a small town postman and a very mean old lady. Yep, all the i's get dotted, the t's get crossed, and Ali Reynolds finally plays a major role.

It appears initially that Ali's friend, Jose the cop might be involved in drug trafficking. Both Jose's wife and Ali refuse to believe that could be the case even though there seems to be quite a bit of incriminating evidence. Ali's good friend, Sister Anselm is a pretty good amateur sleuth herself. She is a patient advocate for the young call girl; however she does a pretty good job of super sleuthing and she and Ali give the real cops some competition in case closure. The ending was a bit of a surprise; however, that makes for a good read.
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Larry David Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars And when all the pieces fell into place...J. A. Jance had another winner
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2012
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I have enjoyed all seven entries in the Ali Reynolds series, and the latest, Left for Dead, is, I think, the best. The person left for dead is a teenage prostitute who met up with the "john from Hell." Tortured and assaulted, she is dumped in the desert to die. She is found by a Border Patrolman and taken by airlift to the same hospital used as a setting in earlier series entries. Meanwhile, a police officer from Santa Cruz County (in which the U.S. Nogales lies) is shot and also left to die in the desert. As is typical in Jance's novels, these separate plotlines comingle, which provides Ali with a means to become involved in both, along with Sister Anselm, a character introduced in Trial by Fire. The Santa Cruz officer is a friend of Ali's, who we met in Fatal Error. So, even though she still has no official responsibility in dealing with these characters' problems, she becomes involved anyway, because she is the principal protagonist. The result is a story well worth the time to read. It is also revealed that Ali's parents are going to sell the Sugar Loaf Café and her mother plans to run for mayor of Sedona. These plans seem to have the potential to provide a plotline for a future Ali Reynolds novel. I have given the other Ali Reynolds each a rating of 4; this one, I think, deserves a 5. I think readers will enjoy it a great deal, especially if the earlier entries are read first.
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Dotti Root
5.0 out of 5 stars Reading this series again
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2023
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I have started over reading this series. It's even better the 2nd time around.
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Johan Larsen
5.0 out of 5 stars good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2020
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Gayle Waymouth
5.0 out of 5 stars Jance is a fantastic writer. I have enjoyed all of her books
Reviewed in Canada on October 19, 2017
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J. A. Jance is a fantastic writer. I have enjoyed all of her books. Keeps you interested right from the first page.
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Linda J. Leclair
5.0 out of 5 stars Left for Dead
Reviewed in Canada on July 6, 2012
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I have been reading J. A. Jance books for some time now and enjoy most of her storylines. Some of her books are not the kind I particularly like, but the ones I do like I really enjoy. This book is well written and holds your interest. A very good read.
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Mrs A J Headlam
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2013
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Its was a good book but now as good a story as some of the other J A Jance books that I have read.
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Ultimateloyal
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Canada on December 11, 2018
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Great book. Love this author
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