J.A. Jance is one of my favorite mystery authors and she writes three different series. Recently, I enjoyed her "Breach of Duty" in the J.P. Beaumont Mystery series. As of 2023, there are 23 books in the series and I've read most of them and loved them all! Today's blog is about the novel from 1999, and at the end of the blog is a list of all the books in the series by date order.
In this book of the series, J.P. is a grizzled Seattle detective who has a partner named Sue Danielson. While probing the murder of an elderly woman torched to death in her bed, Seattle homicide detective J.P. Beaumont finds himself distracted by the domestic problems of his new partner. There's also another mystery in the mystery that involves grave robbers of a Native American Shaman that mixes in well.
The characters are wonderful, and you can really picture the scenes that J.A. Jance paints. You keep wanting to read more and more (I finished this novel in 5 days, which is super-fast for me). You'll love to hate Paul Kramer, the Seattle P.D. newly appointed kiss-ass Squad Leader, and feel J.P.'s frustrations with him. 5 of 5 stars! - Rob
Courtesy of Fantastic Fiction. com -Here are all of the J.P. Beaumont Books in order:
1 Until Proven Guilty (1985)
2 Injustice for All (1986)
3 Trial by Fury (1986)
4 Taking the Fifth (1987)
5 Improbable Cause (1988)
6 A More Perfect Union (1988)
7 Dismissed with Prejudice (1989)
8 Minor in Possession (1990)
9 Payment in Kind (1991)
10 Without Due Process (1992)
11 Failure to Appear (1993)
12 Lying in Wait (1994)
13 Name Withheld (1996)
14 Breach of Duty (1999)
15 Birds Of Prey (2001)
16 Partner In Crime (2002)
17 Long Time Gone (2005)
18 Justice Denied (2007)
19 Fire and Ice (2009)
20 Betrayal of Trust (2011)
20.5 Ring In the Dead (2013)
21 Second Watch (2013)
21.5 Stand Down (2015)
22 Dance of the Bones (2015)
22.5 Still Dead (2017)
23 Proof of Life (2017)
24 Sins of the Fathers (2019)
25 Nothing to Lose (2022)
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