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Den of iniquity

"Former Seattle homicide cop J.P. Beaumont faces trouble in the small town of Ashland as both his personal and professional lives are thrown into turmoil. Beau's daughter and son-in-law are having marital troubles, and his grandson, a senior in high school, shows up on his doorstep, wanting to live...

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Main Author: Jance, Judith A. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Jance, Judith A. J. P. Beaumont mysteries ; 26.
Subjects:
Beaumont, J. P. > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > Washington (State) > Fiction.
Drugs > Overdose > Fiction.
Grandchildren > Fiction.
Ex-police officers > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Marital conflict > Fiction.
Washington (State) > Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
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Summary:"Former Seattle homicide cop J.P. Beaumont faces trouble in the small town of Ashland as both his personal and professional lives are thrown into turmoil. Beau's daughter and son-in-law are having marital troubles, and his grandson, a senior in high school, shows up on his doorstep, wanting to live with Beau and his wife Mel as he finishes out the school year. Meanwhile, a friend from his past asks for Beau's help in looking into what appears to be an accidental death. A young man died of a fentanyl overdose, but those closest to him are convinced that he would never have used the drug, and that something much more sinister has happened. Beau agrees to unofficially reopen the case, and his investigation leads him to uncover similar mysterious deaths that all point to a most unlikely suspect"--
Physical Description:355 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780063252585
0063252589
Author Notes:Judith Ann (J. A.) Jance was born in Watertown, South Dakota on October 27, 1944. She received a degree in English and secondary education in 1966 and a M. Ed. in library science in 1970 from the University of Arizona. Before becoming an author, she taught high school English, worked as a school librarian on a Native American reservation, and sold insurance.

She is the author of many popular mystery series including the J. P. Beaumont Mystery series, Joanna Brady Mystery series, and the Ali Reynolds series. She won the American Mystery Award for Without Due Process in 1992 and for Failure to Appear in 1993. Both of these titles are books in the J. P. Beaumont Mystery series. In 2014, her fiction book, A Last Goodbye, made the New York Times bestseller list.

Random Acts, a title in A Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds Novella Series, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2016.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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