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Partner in Crime grew out of that meeting. I hope that, in pointing out the dangers of sodium azide, the novel will raise public awareness and gain the attention of lawmakers and George W. Bush’s new Department of Homeland Security as well. When used to inflate air bags, sodium azide is a useful substance, but in unlawful hands, it poses a real and present danger.
As for getting Beaumont and Brady together, I had heard suggestions to that effect from the time the first Brady novel was published. I resisted the idea because I thought it was “unbelievable.” Then, a real-life Cochise County murderer ended up being captured in Tacoma. So much for my unwilling suspension of disbelief. Since something similar had already happened in real life, it couldn’t very well be unbelievable.
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Partner in Crime is written in that same fashion. Joa
It was fun bringing J.P. to Bisbee and watching this dyed-in-the-wool Northwesterner fall headlong into southern Arizona. Will Beau and Joa
– J.A. Jance
June 2002
About the Author
J.A. Jance is the author of the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joa