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Title: Justice Denied: A J. P. Beaumont Novel (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries)
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| Justice Denied: A J. P. Beaumont Novel (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries) by William Morrow Most real life character in the fictional Dectective World. | I love this character, J.P. Beaumont, "my friends call me Beau". I am glad I started with the very first novel with Beau (Until Proven Guilty). I have followed him through his career as a Seattle Homicide Detective, through a divorce and remarriage, conquering demons while ferreting out the real perpetrators despite sometimes unco-operative fellow officers. He's a very real, down to earth, interesting and always surprising character you grow to respect and really care about. And I love mysteries that I can never guess the ending!
I really loved "Justice Denied" and it is great that you can start anywhere in this series because the author generously fills you in little by little of histories of the characters; but I'm glad I started with #1 and progressed through. She introduced "Joanna Brady" the Sheriff from Bisbee in "Partner in Crime". I wasn't sure I would like the Brady series, but after meeting the character in conjunction with Beau, I find I DO like her and plan to begin reading that series as well. J.A. Jance keeps it moving, it's hard to find a place to set the book down for the night! | | Justice Denied: A J. P. Beaumont Novel (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries) by William Morrow Not a River in Egypt | Justice Denied is a well-written series mystery. The title gives nothing away; it is a vague reference to the principal characters' investigations of murders involving previously incarcerated sex offenders. The hero, J. P. Beaumont, is an investigator for the Washington State Attorney General. He is having a cozy romance with co-worker Melissa Soames, and the various aspects of their partnership is the background for the detective story. Readers are familiar with the characters, and there are frequent references to the background facts about them. As is often the case with series mysteries, the forward movement of the plot is almost secondary to the evolving story of the relationship.
There are two mysteries being solved. One involves the aforementioned predators and their systematic extermination. The other involves resolution of a cold missing persons case. There is no inherent reason to have both stories unfold at the same time, other than that life is complicated. There is some small confusion as focus shifts from one case to another, but one assumes the author had her reasons. They just aren't obvious to readers.
Some degree of self parody is evidenced by the recurring acronym for the investigative unit for which Beau serves and protects -- the Special Homicide Investigations Team -- and the reappearance of that unit's commanding officer, the eponymous Harry I. Ball. These are stories having fun with themselves. As is true of the author's other books, slices of real life are well-presented and leaven the drama of the crimes recounted.
This is fun and easy reading that provides satisfying enjoyment. | | Justice Denied: A J. P. Beaumont Novel (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries) by William Morrow A fun summer read | J. P. Beaumont earned his stripes as a Seattle cop. He didn't always follow the rules and often succeeded in pushing the buttons of his command officers long before he retired. Washington State's Attorney General has found his unorthodox approach to law enforcement exactly what he's looking for to chase down the bad guys --- especially the ones who thought they got away.
When a recently released prisoner, cleared of all charges in a robbery, is cold-bloodedly gunned down in his aged mother's living room, the Attorney General takes a special interest in the case. He asks J. P. to investigate the killing but requests that it be kept quiet from local law enforcement. He also asks J. P. not to tell his own partner, or partner plus, the lovely Mel Soames. Since the two are now living together, this proves difficult, especially when the circumstances of the young man's murder and a cold case investigation into a serial killer that Mel is working on seem to intertwine.
When Mel uncovers the fact that several of the men convicted in sexual abuse crimes are dying at an abnormal rate after being released from prison, suspicion arises that may involve Mel's pet charity, a support group for abused women. As J. P. begins to suspect some of them of being involved in a crime, possibly murder, his relationship with Mel becomes strained.
In another case, Mel encounters a missing accountant who disappeared on the same day Mount Saint Helen's blew up, presumably lost in the volcanic eruption. Is his disappearance related to the serial killers instead of an accident?
As Mel and J. P. gradually cross paths in their separate investigations, they begin to work together in one of the most complicated mysteries in J. P.'s career.
J. A. Jance is fond of creating mischievous acronyms and naming characters after actual people, places and things. When J. P. joined the Special Homicide Investigation Team in the Attorney General's office (you can supply the short name), she poked fun at the government's propensity for cumbersome names and the bad habit of calling them by their acronyms. Two of her continuing characters are named (tongue planted firmly in cheek) Harry I. Ball and Kendall Jackson.
At one point in Jance's career, she would auction off at Seattle charity auctions the naming of characters by giving the highest bidder a role in her next book. The winner never knew if he or she would be a good guy or bad guy, but it was worth big dollars to Jance's pet charities to wind up between the pages of a J. P. Beaumont mystery. Whether Kendall Jackson, the winery, was the winner in one of those auctions is anybody's guess, but Lt. Jackson continues regularly in the series.
JUSTICE DENIED is rife with red herrings and plot twists and turns, and offers a full accounting of J. P.'s rather dysfunctional extended family. It's a fun summer read, and some niggling family issues will be resolved for fans along with all the bad guys getting what they deserve.
--- Reviewed by Roz Shea | | Justice Denied: A J. P. Beaumont Novel (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries) by William Morrow grab a cup of coffee and get comfie on the couch, | | The J. P. Beaumont series is just one of the J. A. Jance book series that are always on my "have to read" list. Beau is a fantastic charter and if you have never read his series before, get ready to feel like he's an old friend. J. J. Jance always make her charaters snap to connect with the reader and while it's a crime mystery, there always that little tongue in cheek that's needed to make a good book much more inviting. So lock the door, turn off the phone, let the dog wait and just enjoy reading each page, betch can't just read one! | | Justice Denied: A J. P. Beaumont Novel (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries) by William Morrow Gotta keep up with Beau....... | | Once again Jance has added another link in the J.P. Beaumont saga. I for one am glad! These are not heavy reading by any means. They are simple mysteries for people that don't like mysteries. They are set in Seattle, which is cool for me since I moved from there to Illinois. (Don't ask me why) The Seattle and surrounding Puget Sound backdrops are accurate and fun. You really should read this series from the beginning, it does have a story line that continues through. Although it does work as a stand alone. I like it better than the Brady series she writes. | | Justice Denied: A J. P. Beaumont Novel (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries) by William Morrow Product Description | The investigation of LaShawn Tompkins's murder seems straightforward enough. Upon his release from death row, the ex-drug dealer returned to his old neighborhood, where he was gunned down on his mother's doorstep. Just another case of turf warfare. At least that's what it looks like on the surface to Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont, who's been handed the assignment under the strictest confidence. But as Beau starts digging, the situation becomes more complicated than he'd thought. It appears that LaShawn really had turned over a new leaf at the King Street Mission and his murder was premeditated. Someone had targeted the man for death. Meanwhile, Beau's lover and fellow cop, Mel Soames, is given her own hush-hush investigation. A routine check on registered sex offenders has revealed a disturbing pattern: they're dying off at an alarming rate, and not all due to natural causes. Details of the latest death suggest an inside job, and Mel isn't letting this go. Suddenly, Mel's investigation becomes entangled with Beau's, and the two begin to uncover a nightmarish conspiracy that could involve people in high places—including their own top brass. |
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