From AudioFile: "J.P. Beaumont is a tough Seattle cop with traditional values. In the course of investigating two murders, he is introduced to the worlds of show business, drugs and alternate life-styles. He is uncomfortable, but he perseveres and solves the murders..." J.D.P. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --
Book Description: "Top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance brings another stunning novel of passion, violence, and dreams turned deadly, featuring Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont. There are many bizarre and terrible ways to die. Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont thought he had seen them all - until he saw this body, its wounds, and the murder weapon: an elegant womans shoe, its stiletto heel gruesomely caked with blood. The evidence is shocking and unsettling, even for a man who prowls the shadows for a living, for it suggests that savagery is not the exclusive domain of the predatory male. And the scent of a stylish killer is pulling Beaumont into a world of drugs, corruption, and murder to view close-up a cinematic dream at its most nightmarishand lethal."
Book Description: "Top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance brings another stunning novel of passion, violence, and dreams turned deadly, featuring Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont. There are many bizarre and terrible ways to die. Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont thought he had seen them all - until he saw this body, its wounds, and the murder weapon: an elegant womans shoe, its stiletto heel gruesomely caked with blood. The evidence is shocking and unsettling, even for a man who prowls the shadows for a living, for it suggests that savagery is not the exclusive domain of the predatory male. And the scent of a stylish killer is pulling Beaumont into a world of drugs, corruption, and murder to view close-up a cinematic dream at its most nightmarishand lethal."
I kind of lost interest at the end. Too many characters and explanations to keep up with.
A J P Beaumont Mystery. At first, the cops had little to go on--a paycheck stub from Starlight Productions, a matchbook from the Edgewater Inn. Oh, and a body. Definitely male and decidely dead, covered with strange little puncture wounds. Now all Beau has to do is solve the mystery.
Bonnie A. (ladycholla) -
Great story in the series of J.P. Beaumont. They get better all the time.
Denell W. (Chitimacha-Princess) reviewed Taking the Fifth (J. P. Beaumont, Bk 4) on + 586 more book reviews
It seemed like a most unlikely instrument of death: a ladys cobalt blue pump with stiletto heels. But the fact that it was caked with the blood of---and found damningly close to---a very dead man gives Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont a solid lead into a case of lethal theatrics and unsavory union doings. He has a pay stub, matchbook, one corpse---and an unsettling feeling of more to come. And he has a murder weapon. All Beau has to do now is find the woman who fills it.
Katherine T. (KathyDawg) reviewed Taking the Fifth (J. P. Beaumont, Bk 4) on + 121 more book reviews
J.Jance good easy read.
J.P. is quite the detective. Keeps getting better!!
A J.P. Beaumont mystery -- well written, kept me guessing! Can't wait to read more like this!
great read.
JP Beaumont has long been my favorite JA Jance character. He's very human in that he's flawed, as we all are. He's a Seattle PD detective, very good in his job, while being personally wealthy. His personal life, at times, can be described as a train wreck.
Ms. Jance has always done very well weaving JP's career and personal lives together in the Beaumont series novels.
In this installment he deals with trying to solve a couple of murders while dealing with a beautiful singer and characters in a touring company. Beau deals with a number of twists in the main story, including the DEA, informants and those who appear to be the obvious suspects.
The novel takes several different turns which keep the reader entertained while Beau gets to the truth.
The novel is not overly long and Jance's writing is to the point. She's not an author who tends to repeat herself. She stays on point. It's a good read, without fluff, though I'm still a little mystified by the title.
Ms. Jance has always done very well weaving JP's career and personal lives together in the Beaumont series novels.
In this installment he deals with trying to solve a couple of murders while dealing with a beautiful singer and characters in a touring company. Beau deals with a number of twists in the main story, including the DEA, informants and those who appear to be the obvious suspects.
The novel takes several different turns which keep the reader entertained while Beau gets to the truth.
The novel is not overly long and Jance's writing is to the point. She's not an author who tends to repeat herself. She stays on point. It's a good read, without fluff, though I'm still a little mystified by the title.
An exciting Detective J.P. Beaumont mystery in which "a homicidal beauty proves to Beaumont that looks can kill."
There are many bizarre and terrible ways to die. Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont thought he had seen them all--until he saw this body, its wounds, and the murder weapon: an elegant woman's shoe, its stiletto heel gruesomely caked with blood. The evidence is shocking and unsettling, even for a man who prowls the shadows for a living, for it suggests that savagery is not the exclusive domain of the predatory male. And the scent of a stylish killer is pulling Beaumont into a world of drugs, corruption, and murder to view close-up a cinematic dream at its most nightmarish . . . and lethal.
I really enjoyed this story. A real page turner, with some surprising twists along the way.
