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Author
Series
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Five-year-old Junior Weston was hiding in a closet the night his entire family was brutally slaughtered. He caught a glimpse of the killer's face, and now the little boy's life is on the line. The only one who can help him is detective J.P. Beaumont, but even Beau's dogged persistence and reckless courage may not be enough to save the boy and put the killer behind bars. Who could have killed Officer "Gentle Ben" Weston of the Seattle P.D.? Known for...
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
"Lean forward, grab on, and ride for adventure." So says Library Journal of J.A. Jance's last J.P. Beaumont mystery, Without Due Process. Now Jance's veteran police sleuth is back in Failure to Appear, tracking an insanely clever killer through the well-heeled world of actors, stage folk, and arts patrons. Beaumont doesn't exactly have a simple life, solving murders as one of the Rainy City's finest, staying sober one day at a time, and dealing with...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Former Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont may have cut himself loose from the Seattle police force, but that doesn't mean he's out of the game. As he accompanies his grandmother and her new husband on their honeymoon cruise to Alaska, murder suddenly makes waves. Mistaken for an FBI agent, Beau is inadvertently drawn into the investigation, bringing his skill and sardonic humor to bear on a case where clues are few but suspects abound.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Sent to Cochise County in Arizona by the Washington State attorney general to investigate the murder of a star witness, J.P. Beaumont teams up with Sheriff Joanna Brady and is surprised to find in her a savvy fellow detective.
8) Fire and ice
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English
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Big-city homicide detective J.P. Beaumont and small-town sheriff/mom Joanna Brady join forces once again to solve a case involving a series of murders--six young women wrapped in tarps, doused with gasoline, and set on fire; and one elderly caretaker run over and left to die.
10) Second watch
Author
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Language
English
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Beaumont is taking some time off to get knee replacement surgery, but instead of taking his mind off work the operation plunges him into one of the most perplexing mysteries he's ever faced. His past collides with his present, explore the staggering cost of war and the debts we owe those who served in the Vietnam War, and those in uniform today.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"J. P. Beaumont and Brandon Walker, two of New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance's most acclaimed series characters, join forces for the first time in one of the most suspenseful works of her career. Prospector Amos Warren and Big Bad John Lassiter, his young protege were as close as father and son until a violent argument tore them apart. The next day, Amos disappeared, never to be seen again. Years later, his bones were found in the desert....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Before he retired, J. P. Beaumont had looked forward to having his days all to himself. But too much free time doesnt suit a man used to brushing close to danger. When his longtime nemesis, retired Seattle crime reporter Maxwell Cole, dies in whats officially deemed to be an accidental fire, Beau is astonished to be dragged into the investigation at the request of none other than the deceased victim himself. In the process Beau learns that just because...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Agreeing to help an acquaintance from the past track down a missing child, Beau launches an investigation that forces him to confront his troubled past.
Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont, is learning to enjoy the new realities of retirement-- doing morning crossword puzzles by a roaring fireplace; playing frisbee with his new dog; having quiet lunches with his still working wife. When an acquaintance from long ago, Alan Dale, shows up on...
14) Nothing to lose
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twenty years after he lost his partner Susan to her husband's murderous rage, Beau is drawn into a missing persons case when Susan's son needs his help, becoming tangled in a web of family secrets where a killer with nothing left to lose waits to take another life.
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