Alison Reynolds is a 40-something ex-newscaster living in Arizona who gets caught up in trouble and solves mysteries. As with J.A. Jance’s other series, readers love the multi-faceted, entertaining characters that she populates her books with.

As with J.A. Jance’s other ongoing series, characters in Ali Reynolds develop as the series progresses, so you will likely enjoy the continuity more by reading them in order, but J.A. does a good job catching readers up between books. Some fans suggest that new readers begin with Clawback (Book 11), if you don’t want to start from Edge of Evil (Book 1) because it is a good jumping-off point for the rest of the series. Ali crosses paths with Sheriff Joanna Brady in several novellas, No Honor Among Thieves and Random Acts.