Moving Target

Ali Reynolds, Book 9

By: J. A. Jance

Narrated by: Karen Ziemba

In this high-stakes thriller from New York Times best-selling author J.A. Jance, Ali Reynolds spans continents to solve a cold-case murder and to figure out who wants a young juvenile offender dead.

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's fiance 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's good friend and Taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm.

Meanwhile, in Bournemouth - Leland's hometown - Ali begins to investigate the decades-old murder of Leland's 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 transatlantic adventure and straight into the path of a deadly killer.

©2013 J.A. Jance (P)2013 Simon & Schuster

a cold case and a new case

I read somewhere that this is J. A. Jance’s 50th book. I believe this is the 9th book in the Ali Reynolds series. This book has two complicated mysteries one in England and one in Texas. Ali and Leland are in England to meet his family and B Simpson is in Texas looking into the ‘accident” of a young teenage computer hacker that his company had caught on behalf of their client the school district. Jance does a good job with developing the characters and the story details; it was no problem juggling the two mysteries in my mind while reading. The story has lots of technology and internet intrigue which sort of gives a warning about the security of your information on the net. I noted that Jance had the DNA scientist in the story been denied admittance to Oxford because she was a woman. The character goes to the USA to University and comes back to take over her Uncles DNA lab next to Oxford and only hires women. I had read that Jance was denied admission to the University of Arizona’s creative writing program because she was a woman. Women have made some progressed on the road to equality. Looks like this book is setting up for the next one to have Ali’s and B’s wedding. Karen Ziemba does a good job narrating the story.

Story good- narrator not the best

Liked the story but the narrator sounded like it was the first time she had read it. Not like telling a story.

A Real Page-Turner ---

J.A. Jance's Ali Reynolds novels are hard to put down. I move the i-Pod speakers into the kitchen to do dishes and clean up as I listen. It's amazing how painless a distasteful chore becomes when you're listening to a good book.

Ali series

I am throughly enjoying this series and look foward to each new book. thanking Jance for sharing her awesome gift for me to ponder and enjoy...Donna Coy

Usually don’t like this series

The author previously spent 1/3 of the story rehashing previous stories, boring. This was well-written with minimal replay.

Some repetitiveness

While there are some interesting stories, I am a little tired of the repetitiveness of burn victims and hospital waiting rooms. It would be interesting to have a sister Anselm doing something different. I am reading these as I recuperate and maybe I read a few to many back to back so it feels tired to keep hearing phrases like “coin of the realm”.

Powerful and Heart-breaking

This story was pretty good yet very tragic. Will get at your raw emotions. I actually teared up in a couple of places. Don't want to say much as it may spoil for others.

AN INTERESTING STORY

Where does Moving Target rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE

What other book might you compare Moving Target to and why?

I COULD COMPARE IT TO OTHER J.A. JANCE BOOKS I.E. THE BEAUMONT MYSTERIES. IT WOULD NOT COMPARE FAVORABLY.

What about Karen Ziemba’s performance did you like?

HER PERFORMANCE WAS OKAY - COULDN'T GET PAST THE "ENGLISH" ACCENT.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

SOLVING A CRIME OVER THE INTERNET.

Loved it!

Love the relationship between all the characters!
The nun rocks too! Ali's "butler " type named Brooks is an excellent character.

Jance hits the target - Perfectly!

What did you love best about Moving Target?

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the ongoing story of Ali Reynolds and her wonderful aide Leland Brooks. The story line was exciting as was the second underlying story relating to Leland.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Loved the narrator's performance - though I am not sure if it was my aging ipod but the cut and joining of narration is at times annoying.

Any additional comments?

If you love Jance you'll love this next Ali Reynolds Mystery. Thanks J. A. Jance.