My grandma has been visiting for the last month and she reads a lot. I asked what she reads and she mentioned that these kinds of books are the main thing she reads and J.A. Jance is one of her favorite authors. I chose this series (of the two that Jance writes) to try because my grandma is from Arizona, so it seemed appropriate. Joanna Brady is a strong, focused, tough character who has to unravel the truth about her husband's death when he is accused of things she firmly believes he has nothing to do with and when his death is being investigated as a suicide. I thought the whole thing was fine, but I could go my whole life without reading any more of them. Maybe I'll read more just to talk to my grandma about, but it's just not particularly amazing. I didn't know who the most guilty party was, but Jance's red herring just never really took with me and I was pretty sure of who was involved (although I thought he was more guilty than he was).