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Queen of the night : a novel of suspense

When a young girl sees a couple gunned down in the Arizona desert, Dr. Lani Walker and Pima County homicide investigator Brian Fellows keep her safe while tracking down a ruthless killer. Meanwhile, Lani's adoptive father, retired detective Brandon Walker, is investigating the long unsolved murder of an Arizona State University coed, but his novelist wife Diana is reliving memories of a man whose death continues to haunt her. As these crimes threaten to tear apart three separate families, the stories and traditions of the Tohono O'odham people remain just beneath the surface of the desert. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2010.

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  • "When a young girl sees a couple gunned down in the Arizona desert, Dr. Lani Walker and Pima County homicide investigator Brian Fellows keep her safe while tracking down a ruthless killer. Meanwhile, Lani's adoptive father, retired detective Brandon Walker, is investigating the long unsolved murder of an Arizona State University coed, but his novelist wife Diana is reliving memories of a man whose death continues to haunt her. As these crimes threaten to tear apart three separate families, the stories and traditions of the Tohono O'odham people remain just beneath the surface of the desert. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2010."@en
  • "The New York Times bestselling author brings back the Walker family in a multilayered thriller in which murders past and present connect the lives of three familiesEvery summer, in an event that is commemorated throughout the Tohono O'odham Nation, the Queen of the Night flower blooms in the Arizona desert. But one couple's intended celebration is shattered by gunfire, the sole witness to the bloodshed a little girl who has lost the only family she's ever known.To her rescue come Dr. Lani Walker, who sees the trauma of her own childhood reflected in her young patient; and Dan Pardee, an Iraq war veteran and member of an unorthodox border patrol unit called the Shadow Wolves. Joined by Pima County homicide investigator Brian Fellows, they must keep the child safe while tracking down a ruthless killer.In a second case, retired homicide detective Brandon Walker is investigating the long unsolved murder of an Arizona State University coed. Now, after nearly half a century of silence, the one person who can shed light on that terrible incident is willing to talk. Meanwhile, Walker's wife, Diana Ladd, is reliving memories of a man whose death continues to haunt her in the present day.As these crimes threaten to tear apart three separate families, the stories and traditions of the Tohono O'odham people remain just beneath the surface of the desert, providing illumination to events of both self-sacrifice and unspeakable evil."@en
  • "Every summer the Tohono O'odham Nation commemorate the blooming of the Queen of the Night flower. But one couple's celebration is shattered by gunfire, the sole witness to the bloodshed a little girl. In Arizona, retired homicide detective Brandon Walker is investigating a long unsolved murder. Against this background, the stories and traditions of the Tohono O'odham people provide illumination to events of both self-sacrifice and unspeakable evil."
  • "Three separate families find their relationships threatened by murders committed fifty years apart as they uncover evidence about the crimes and are faced with self-sacrifice and unspeakable evils."
  • "Three separate families find their relationships threatened by murders committed fifty years apart as they uncover evidence about the crimes and are faced with self-sacrifice and unspeakable evils."@en
  • "Every summer, in an event commemorated throughout the Tohono O?odham Nation, the Queen of the Night flower blooms in the Arizona desert. But one couple?s intended celebration is shattered by gunfire, leaving a little girl?the sole witness to the bloodshed?without the only family she?s ever known. To her rescue come Dr. Lani Walker?who sees the trauma of her own childhood reflected in her young patient?and Dan Pardee, an Iraq war veteran and member of an unorthodox border patrol unit. Joined by Pima County homicide investigator Brian Fellows, they must protect the child while tracking down a ruthless killer. In a second case, retired homicide detective Brandon Walker is investigating the long unsolved murder of an Arizona State University coed. Now, after a 50-year silence, the one person who can shed light on that terrible incident is willing to talk. Meanwhile, Brandon?s wife Diana is reliving memories of a man whose death continues to haunt her. As these crimes threaten to tear apart three separate families, the stories and traditions of the Tohono O?odham people remain just beneath the surface of the desert, providing illumination to events of both self-sacrifice and unspeakable evil."@en
  • "J. A. Jance pens a new suspenseful novel."@en

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  • "Suspense"@en
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  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Crime"@en
  • "Fiction"
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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en

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  • "Queen of the night : [a novel of suspense]"@en

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