J.A. Jance's novels of suspense rocket to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. In Deadly Stakes, ex-reporter Ali Reynolds is asked to help exonerate a woman and her boyfriend accused of killing a gold-digging divorcEe. Ali's attention is diverted, however, by another case involving a teenager who finds a dead body and a small fortune in the Camp Verde desert. As she digs for answers, Ali soon realizes the two cases share sinister connections.