Dead to Rights (Joanna Brady Mysteries, Book 4)

Sheriff Joanna Brady is the law. Recently widowed Joanna discovered early on that she could either avenge her policeman husband's death or could be buried along with him. Now, as newly elected Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, Joanna must find a way to fight the good fight while remaining the kind of mother and human being she respects. In "Dead to Rights", Joanna faces the ultimate challenge when she alone among her staff believes an open-and-shut murder case must remain open, and the obvious perpetrator may not be quite so obvious. Her instincts soon evolve into the will to survive as she gets caught up in the danger and deception of the case - and the murderer turns against Joanna herself.