Bonnie A. (ladycholla) -
Enjoyed this very much, great to have the history on Butch. Nice teaser to next Joanna Brady story.
Very short but a good story. I loved all the old guys in the book.
I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the Joanna Brady series, but this little gem brought it all back and I've already order a new book! This story focuses on Butch, Joanna's husband, who has always been in the background in the Joanna series, but now we find out where he came from and how he and Joanna met.
Butch ends up in Arizona to live with his grandmother and work in her restaurant/bar, all as a means to escape his devastating past with his x-wife, but all that changes when two detectives show up, investigating the murder of the X, and Butch is their main/only suspect. With the help of some retired cops, attorney, and PI, the crime quickly unravels and Butch is cleared, but he's made some great new friends. In the end, Joanna walks into the bar and orders a Diet Coke and so begins Butch's next phase of his life.
Even though this is a "novella," short book, the characters are well rounded and entertaining in the typical J.A. Jance style. A great read that won't disappoint lovers of the Joanna series, even though she doesn't play a part in this novel.
Butch ends up in Arizona to live with his grandmother and work in her restaurant/bar, all as a means to escape his devastating past with his x-wife, but all that changes when two detectives show up, investigating the murder of the X, and Butch is their main/only suspect. With the help of some retired cops, attorney, and PI, the crime quickly unravels and Butch is cleared, but he's made some great new friends. In the end, Joanna walks into the bar and orders a Diet Coke and so begins Butch's next phase of his life.
Even though this is a "novella," short book, the characters are well rounded and entertaining in the typical J.A. Jance style. A great read that won't disappoint lovers of the Joanna series, even though she doesn't play a part in this novel.
Beautiful gift book.
Butch Dixon has been taken for a ride
Not a jump in the car, see the sights kind of ride. He's been taken for everything he has. He's lost his house, his restaurant business, his savings, his car, his best friend, his faithall to his conniving ex-wife. But that was seven years ago. He picked himself up, left Chicago, and started over in Peoria, Arizona, running the Roundhouse Bar and Grill. He doesn't look back on those bad years; there's no point. Not until two curious cops show up at the Roundhouse.
Faith, Butch's ex-wife, has been murdered, and the evidence points to him. Stunned, Butch quickly realizes that the black-hearted woman is going to ruin him again, from her grave. Lucky for Butch, the Old Blue Line, a group of retiredbut still sharp and tenaciousformer legal and law enforcement coots, have taken it upon themselves, as a favor, to make sure he doesn't cross that thin line. After the dust settles, Butch's life is again upendedwhen a little red-haired ball of fire, Sheriff Joanna Brady, takes a seat at his bar.
Butch Dixon has been taken for a ride
Not a jump in the car, see the sights kind of ride. He's been taken for everything he has. He's lost his house, his restaurant business, his savings, his car, his best friend, his faithall to his conniving ex-wife. But that was seven years ago. He picked himself up, left Chicago, and started over in Peoria, Arizona, running the Roundhouse Bar and Grill. He doesn't look back on those bad years; there's no point. Not until two curious cops show up at the Roundhouse.
Faith, Butch's ex-wife, has been murdered, and the evidence points to him. Stunned, Butch quickly realizes that the black-hearted woman is going to ruin him again, from her grave. Lucky for Butch, the Old Blue Line, a group of retiredbut still sharp and tenaciousformer legal and law enforcement coots, have taken it upon themselves, as a favor, to make sure he doesn't cross that thin line. After the dust settles, Butch's life is again upendedwhen a little red-haired ball of fire, Sheriff Joanna Brady, takes a seat at his bar.
