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Name Withheld: J.P. Beaumont, Book 13
Escrito por J. A. Jance
Narrado por Gene Engene
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Seattle Police homicide detective J.P. Beaumont is called in to investigate a body floating in nearby Elliott Bay. The case draws Seattle's favorite detective into the cutting-edge world of bio-technology, where business as usual means personal betrayals and selling trade secrets with ruthless efficiency. The more Beau uncovers about the unsavory life of the corpse, the more he's convinced that justice has already been served. With his personal life converging into his professional one, detective Beaumont struggles to find a killer he doesn't really want to find...
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Name Withheld: J.P. Beaumont, Book 13
Escrito por J. A. Jance
Narrado por Gene Engene
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Seattle Police homicide detective J.P. Beaumont is called in to investigate a body floating in nearby Elliott Bay. The case draws Seattle's favorite detective into the cutting-edge world of bio-technology, where business as usual means personal betrayals and selling trade secrets with ruthless efficiency. The more Beau uncovers about the unsavory life of the corpse, the more he's convinced that justice has already been served. With his personal life converging into his professional one, detective Beaumont struggles to find a killer he doesn't really want to find...
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I was looking for a Seattle story. This fit the bit, but was utterly blah. Possibly this was just a bad place to start the series. I never connected with the detective; is that because his character traits popped up from out of nowhere in the middle of the story, then disappeared again? So they felt convenient, and he felt like a stereotype? Or maybe I just can't connect with someone who cares so much about his car, planning his trips around it and mentioning its make and model several times a page.
Rating: 2Beaumont is a Seattle detective working on the homicide squad, and in this novel he is faced with a bizarre set of circumstances. A man has ostensibly been killed by being hacked to death with a woman’s high-heeled shoe. This particular woman is also seen leaving the scene of other crimes, and Beaumont soon realizes it must be Jazmyn Day, an excellent singer trying to mak a comeback after recovering from a drug addiction. He’s also mildly in love with her. It soon becomes more complicated as another dead body surfaces, that of a man caught on video at the corporation where he worked, raping a woman friend. Then the man’s wife shows up dead in his apartment.
Jance has some wonderful characters in this book. Grace Highsmith is made to be played by Katherine Hepburn. She’s a delight, and the scene where she confesses to the murder in her favorite restaurant, dumping the murder weapon out on the table during a busy lunch, is absolutely priceless. Of course she had nothing to do with the murder, but the denouement takes place at her house and involves her ancient Cadillac. You won’t want to miss this one.
Rating: 3Jance has some wonderful characters in this book. Grace Highsmith is made to be played by Katherine Hepburn. She’s a delight, and the scene where she confesses to the murder in her favorite restaurant, dumping the murder weapon out on the table during a busy lunch, is absolutely priceless. Of course she had nothing to do with the murder, but the denouement takes place at her house and involves her ancient Cadillac. You won’t want to miss this one.
Early JP but a good one. Lots of interesting characters come and go but the storyline sustains nicely
Rating: 4