Dead Wrong by J. A. Jance

One of Jance's best. Sheriff Joanna (Brady) Dixon is very pregnant and still on the job. A homicide victim is discovered, fingers have been cut off and no clues until she receives a missing person report. Dealing will staff shortages, her Animal Control Officer is determined to investigate a rash of dead, mutilated pit bull dogs, when she finds one still alive. Joanna tells her they are too short-handed to take this on. Jennifer ends up beaten to within an inch of her life and ends up in the hospital critical. Joanna and her officers are determined to find the perpetrators. Midst all this, her in-laws show up with their RV and park next to the garage to await the birth of this baby. Joanna has her plate full. This reader had to stay up to finish the story. Great writing Ms. Jance. Sandy Penton