Moving Target: A Novel

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In this engrossing ( Publishers Weekly ) thriller from New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance, journalist- turned-investigator Ali Reynolds unearths a cold case that puts her in danger from a deadly arsonist.Lance Tucker, an incarcerated juvenile offender and talented hacker in his own right, is set on fire one night and severely burned while hanging Christmas decorations in a lockup rec room. B. Simpson, Ali Reynolds fianc and the man who helped put Lance in jail, feels obliged to get to the bottom of what happened. With Ali off in England to help Leland Brooks at a reunion with his long-estranged family, B. turns to someone else to help out Ali good friend and Taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm. Meanwhile, in Bournemouth Leland hometown Ali begins to investigate the decades-old murder of Leland father, which Leland himself was once suspected of committing. With unsolved murders on both sides of the Atlantic, Ali, B., and Sister Anselm are united by their search for answers and the jeopardy they get into as a result. From the author praised for her inimitable, take-no-prisoners style ( Kirkus Reviews ), Moving Target sends Ali on a trans-Atlantic adventure and straight into the path of a deadly killer.

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