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Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2000, c1986
Physical Desc
376 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
FuryThe body lying naked and dead in a Seattle Dumpster was a shock. But even more shocking was the manner in which he died. The victim, a high school coach, was lynched, a grim echo from a dark past, leaving behind a very pregnant wife with a very dangerous secret. And a sixth sense developed over twenty years on the job tells Homicide detective J.P. Beamont that this investigation is going to the lethal extremes: of passion, lies and hatred, of...
Author
Series
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
c1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
302 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A five-year-old boy becomes J.P. Beaumont's only hope of clearing the name of his friend, Officer Ben Weston, when Weston's murder brings out accusations of the dead man's connection with Seattle's gangs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Physical Desc
322 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A desperate father's search for his runaway daughter has led him to the last place he ever expected to find her: backstage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But the murders in this dazzling world of make-believe are no mere stagecraft, and the blood is all too real. The hunt for his child has plunged former Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont into a bone-chilling drama of revenge, greed, and butchery, where innocents are made to suffer in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1996, c1994
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 over the dead man’s frightened widow, and she must turn for help to an old friend, Detective J.P....
10) Partner in crime
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
370 p. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cochise County sheriff Joanna Brady reluctantly joins forces with J.P. Beaumont, a member of Washington State's Special Homicide Investigation team, when a promising African-American artist, supposedly under the protection of the government, is murdered shortly after moving to Bisbee, Arizona.
11) Long time gone
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
339 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An eyewitness comes forward to report the details of a fifty-year-old murder and J.P. Beaumont gets the decades old case as the investigation brings him close to a band of powerful co-conspirators who are determined to keep their deadly secrets silent.
12) Justice denied
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont is given a classified assignment involving the true fate of a deceased ex-con, he discovers that the victim had recently attempted to turn his life around and had been murdered for the effort.
13) Fire and ice
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont uncovers a surprising link between a series of Washington murders and the hit-and-run death of the elderly caretaker of an ATV park in Arizona, and is thrown together with sheriff Joanna Brady once more, and as the couple searches for the killer, the sparks that once flew between them are reignited.
Author
Series
J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 20
J.P. Beaumont detective volume 14
Betrayal of trust volume 14
J.P. Beaumont volume 20
J.P. Beaumont detective volume 14
Betrayal of trust volume 14
J.P. Beaumont volume 20
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
344 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
At first glance, what happens on the video appears to be a childish game: a teenage girl with dark, wavy hair smiles for the camera, a blue scarf tied around her neck. Then things turn dark and gruesome, and the girl ends up dead. When a snuff film is discovered on a cell phone belonging to the governor of Washington State's grandson—a boy with a troubled background who swears he doesn't know the victim—the governor turns to an old friend, J....
15) Second watch
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Getting old is hell. J. P. Beaumont is finally taking some time off to have knee-replacement surgery. But instead of taking his mind off work, the operation plunges him into one of the most perplexing and mind-blowing mysteries he's ever faced.
A series of dreams takes him back to his early days on the force with the Seattle PD, and then even earlier, to his days in Vietnam, reminding him of people and events he hasn't thought about in years. Are...
Author
Series
J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 5
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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 release him from prison with time served. Lassiter wants Brandon and The Last Chance to find Amos's "real" killer and clear his name. Sixteen hundred miles to the north in Seattle, Mel Shames is leaving the...
17) Proof of life
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
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. But then his past comes calling. When an acquaintance from long ago, Alan Dale, shows up on Beau's doorstep with a newborn infant in hand and asking for help locating his missing daughter, Beau finds himself faced...
Author
Series
J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 25
Publisher
Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First Harper Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
481 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Years ago, when J.P. Beaumont was a homicide detective with the Seattle PD, his partner, Sue Danielson, was murdered. Volatile and angry, Danielson's ex-husband came after her in her home and, with nowhere else to turn, Jared, Sue's teenage son, frantically called Beau for help. As Beau rushed to the scene, he urged Jared to grab his younger brother and flee the house. In the end, Beaumont's plea and Jared's quick action saved the two boys from their...
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