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A gripping tale of hatred, lies, and deadly tradition featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont. The blood at the scene belies any suggestion of an "honorable death." Yet, to the eyes of the Seattle police, a successful Japanese software magnate died exactly as he wished -- and by his own hand, according to the ancient rite of seppuku . Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont can't dismiss what he sees as an elaborate suicide, however, not when something...
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Fifty years ago, when she was five, Sister Mary Katherine witnessed something terrible . A former Seattle policeman now working for the Washington State Attorney's Special Homicide Investigation Team, J.P. Beaumont has been hand-picked to lead the investigation into a half-century-old murder. An eyewitness to the crime, a middle-aged nun, has now recalled grisly, forgotten details while undergoing hypnotherapy. It's a case as cold as the grave, and...
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A spellbinding story of lies, betrayal, and multiple murder featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont. What kind of monster would break into a man's home at night, then slaughter him and his family? The fact that the dead man was a model cop who was loved and respected by all only intensifies the horror. But the killer missed someone: a five-year-old boy who was hiding in the closet. Now word is being leaked out that the victim was "dirty." But Seattle...
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HarperCollins
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[2009]
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The Starfire Breeze steams its way north toward the Gulf of Alaska, buffeted by crisp sea winds blowing down from the Arctic. Those on board are seeking peace, relaxation, adventure, escape. But there is no escape in this place of unspoiled natural majesty. Because terror strolls the decks even in the brilliant light of day . . and death is a conspicuous, unwelcome passenger. Former Seattle policeman J.P. Beaumont -- a damaged homicide detective who...
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[2017]
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"Before he retired, J. P. Beaumont had looked forward to having his days all to himself. But too much free time doesn't 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...
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HarperCollins
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[2009]
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A gripping story of buried truths, deceit, and sudden, brutal death from the New York Times bestselling author of Long Time Gone . All manner of sinners and sufferers come to the rehab ranch in Arizona when they hit rock bottom. For Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont, there is a deeper level of Hell here: being forced to room with teenage drug dealer Joey Rothman. An all-around punk, Joey deserves neither pity nor tears -- until he is murdered by a bullet...
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HarperCollins
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[2009]
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An electrifying story of vengeance and the sins of a nightmarish past featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont. The sky above Puget Sound blazes orange, as a burning fishing boat fills the air with acrid smoke . . and the sickening odor of charred flesh. The terrible death of a Seattle fisherman has raised more questions than answers, opening a Pandora's Box of evil that was kept tightly closed for more than half a century. Now a dark cloud is descending...
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HarperCollins
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[2017]
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An e-original novella from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, featuring a sneak peek of the next J. P. Beaumont novel, Proof of Life Since the disbanding of the Special Homicide Investigation Team, J. P. Beaumont's biggest concern is pondering whether he and his wife Mel should finally get a dog. But one voicemail from his old friend Ralph Ames is about to change that. Through Ralph, Beau has become involved in an organization called The...
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 9
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HarperCollins
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[2009]
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It looks like a classic crime of passion to Detective J.P Beaumont: two corpses found lovingly entwined in a broom closet of the Seattle School District building. The prime suspect, Pete Kelsey, admits his slain spouse was no novice at adultery, yet he swears he had nothing to do with the brutal deaths of the errant school official and her clergyman-turned-security guard companion. Beau believes him, but there's something the much sinned-upon widower's...
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 20
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William Morrow
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Seattle private investigator J. P. Beaumont agrees to help the governor of Washington clear his grandson of the murder of a girl that was videotaped and found on the young man's phone, and soon realizes there might be multiple minors responsible for her death and the crime has much deeper implications than he originally believed.
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William Morrow
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[2013]
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"J. P. Beaumont may be an old homicide hand now, but back when he was a rookie working with his first partner, Milton Gurkey--a.k.a. Pickles--things took a turn for the worse... One day, at the end of Beaumont and Pickles's shift, a stop at the Doghouse restaurant quickly turns deadly. Not feeling well, Pickles steps out into the parking lot for a breath of fresh air and stumbles into a crime in progress. Suffering from a heart attack, he is found...
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HarperCollins
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[2015]
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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. Years ago, Amos Warren, a prospector, was gunned down out in the desert and Sheriff Brandon Walker made the arrest in the case. Now, the retired Walker is called in when the alleged killer, John Lassiter, refuses to accept a plea deal that would...
18) Taking the Fifth
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HarperCollins
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[2009]
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"J.A. Jance does not disappoint." -- Washington Times The Chattanooga Times calls New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance, "One of the best -- if not the best," and this classic suspense masterwork featuring Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont emphatically proves the point. In Taking the Fifth, a gruesome and very unusual murder plunges the intrepid Beau into a lethal cinematic nightmare. Michigan 's Flint Journal places Jance "in the elite company...
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 6
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HarperCollins
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[2009]
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English
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A shattering tale of corruption and homicide featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont. A shocking photo screamed from the front pages of the tabloids -- the last moments of a life captured for all the world to see. The look of sheer terror eternally frozen on the face of the doomed woman indicated that her fatal fall from an upper story of an unfinished Seattle skyscraper was no desperate suicide -- and that look will forever haunt Homicide Detective...
20) Partner in crime
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For the first time, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling suspense master J.A. Jance brings together her two most beloved creations: Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady and Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont. The dead woman on a cold slab in the Arizona morgue was a talented artist recently arrived from the West Coast. The Washington State Attorney General's office thinks this investigation is too big for a small-town female law officer to handle,...
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