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The youngest lawyer ever to grab the helm of Seattle's most prominent law firm, Gus Wheatley has found success-as well at money, power, and prestige. He thinks nothing can interfere with his meteoric rise to the top. Until his wife, Beth, vanishes.
Beth's disappearance coincides with a series of brutal murders the FBI dubs the "bookend killings." They think Beth is the killer's latest victim... or his willing accomplice. But Gus knows his wife...
2) Sharp edges
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On an island off Seattle, old glass museum director Eugenia Swift and PI Cyrus Colfax pretend to be lovers on holiday as they investigate murder and the theft of a stolen glass object. The play-acting leads to the real thing.
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Former Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont may have cut himself loose from the Seattle police force, but that doesn't mean he's out of the game. As he accompanies his grandmother and her new husband on their honeymoon cruise to Alaska, murder suddenly makes waves. Mistaken for an FBI agent, Beau is inadvertently drawn into the investigation, bringing his skill and sardonic humor to bear on a case where clues are few but suspects abound.
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 18
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Given a classified assignment involving the true fate of a deceased ex-con, Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont discovers that the victim had recently attempted to turn his life around and had been murdered for the effort.
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Big-city homicide detective J. P. Beaumont and small-town sheriff/mom Joanna Brady join forces once again to solve a case involving a series of murders--six young women wrapped in tarps, doused with gasoline, and set on fire; and one elderly caretaker run over and left to die.
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Perhaps it was fitting justice: a dentist who enjoyed inflicting pain was murdered in his own chair. The question is not who wanted Dr. Frederick Nielsen dead, but rather who of the many finally reached the breaking point. The sordid details of this case, with its shocking revelations of violence, cruelty, and horrific sexual abuse, would be tough for any investigator to stomach. But for Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont, the most damning piece...
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Seattle police sergeant Lou Boldt is stunned when the local fire investigator presents him with frightening evidence in a series of fires that have occurred in the Seattle area. These white-hot fires burn so cleanly that even the ash disintegrates-leaving not a trace of its victims or any evidence of criminal activity. Only when Boldt is taunted by someone sending him pieces of melted green plastic-houses from a Monopoly board, does he realize that...
10) Taking the fifth
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When a man is found murdered, apparently killed by a woman's stiletto heels, Seattle Homicide Detective J.P. Beaumont uncovers illegal union activities and such elusive clues as a pay stub and a matchbook.
11) Trial by fury
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The dead body discovered in a Seattle dumpster was shocking enough-but equally disturbing was the manner of death. The victim, a high school coach, had been lynched, leaving behind a very pregnant wife to grieve over his passing, and to wonder what dark secrets he took to his grave. A Homicide detective with twenty years on the job, J.P. Beaumont knows this case is a powder keg and he fears where this investigation will lead him. Because the answers...
12) Payment in kind
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It looks like a classic crime of passion to Detective J.P Beaumont: two corpses found lovingly entwined in a broom closet of the Seattle School District building. The prime suspect, Pete Kelsey, admits his slain spouse was no novice at adultery, yet he swears he had nothing to do with the brutal deaths of the errant school official and her clergyman-turned-security guard companion. Beau believes him, but there's something the much sinned-upon widower's...
13) Left for dead
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After a day in Seattle, San Juan Island resident Claire Shaw wakes up in the hospital, the single surviving victim of "Rembrandt," a vicious serial killer. Her life continues to be in danger as she is the only one who can identify the killer, but the trauma erased her memory and she doesn't know who to trust.
14) Long time gone
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 17
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Investigating a long-unsolved murder when a witness uncovers blocked memories, Special Homicide Investigation Team member J.P. Beaumont infiltrates a band of powerful conspirators who will go to any lengths to hide the truth.
15) Indian killer
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A gritty, smart thriller from a literary superstar A killer has Seattle on edge. The serial murderer has been dubbed "the Indian Killer" because he scalps his victims and adorns their bodies with owl feathers. As the city consumes itself in a nightmare frenzy of racial tension, a possible suspect emerges: John Smith. An Indian raised by whites, John is lost between cultures. He fights for a sense of belonging that may never be his-but has his alienation...
16) Partner in crime
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Two of Jance's most compelling characters come together in this suspenseful novel. When the Washington State attorney general's star witness is brutally murdered in Arizona--Sheriff Joanna Brady's turf--the AG sends his newest investigator, former homicide detective J.P. Beaumont.
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In Seattle, a man with a grudge against a food chain tampers with their products and children die of poison. Policeman Lou Bolt and police psychologist Daphne Matthews resort to computers to catch the killer who demands ransom money through ATM machines. By the author of The Angel Maker.
18) Wherever you go
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Seventeen-year-old Holly Mullen, overwhelmed with responsibility at home, grieving over her boyfriend Rob's tragic death, and confused by the sudden attention of his best friend, Jason, is further upset when her Alzheimer's-stricken Papa Aldo claims to be having conversations with Rob's ghost.
19) Make them cry
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Everyone has secrets... The beautiful young judge. The hardworking waitress. The handsome college student. Some are meant to be kept... The victims are all different, but they will all have one gruesome detail in common. But others can kill... A clever serial killer is stalking the streets of Seattle. Searching for this next victim. Creating a monument of madness that will be built victim by victim, piece by piece, bone by bone...
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When a series of dreams take him back to his days in Vietnam, reminding him of people and events he hasn't thought about in years, J. P. Beaumont, recovering from knee replacement surgery, is plunged into one of the most mind-blowing mysteries he has ever faced.