Lost Girls Blessing: A Brady and Walker Family Novel

In the intense thriller from J. A. Jance’s bestselling Brady and Walker novels, federal investigator Dan Pardee, who is the son-in-law of Brandon Walker, crosses paths with Sheriff Joanna Brady as he tracks a merciless serial killer across the Southwest. Calling himself Charles Milton, the man is driven by a compulsion that challenges his self-control as he hunts young women on the rodeo circuit. He carefully selects his victims, targeting those he sees as vulnerable and alone before striking. His methods are meticulous, with no evidence left behind of his abductions, murders, or the identities of his victims.

Indigenous women have become the primary focus of Charles Milton, taking advantage of law enforcement’s historical neglect of their disappearances. Dan Pardee, a field officer with the newly formed Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s Task Force, is assigned a cold case involving Rosa Rios, a young Apache woman and former rodeo star who went missing three years ago. Human remains, belonging to a burned homicide victim found in Cochise County around Rosa’s disappearance, have recently been identified as Rosa. Dan, with Sheriff Joanna Brady’s assistance, is determined to reopen the case and deliver justice to Rosa’s family. As a son of a murdered indigenous woman, Dan feels a deep personal obligation to capture the killer.

Joanna’s daughter Jennifer, who knew Rosa from her amateur rodeo days and is now studying criminal justice, also takes a keen interest in the case and begins to assist in the investigation. With the realization that Rosa was just one victim of a serial killer, both Jennifer and Dan understand they must act quickly to apprehend the elusive predator who has thus far escaped justice. Time is running out as they work together to stop a killer who has proven his ability to evade capture.

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