BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS:
(Available in Print: (1986), 12/29/2009; PUBLISHER: Harper reprint edition; ISBN: 978-0061958533; PAGES: 352; Unabridged.)
(Available as Digital)
*This edition-Audio: COPYRIGHT: 2/19/2008; PUBLISHER: Books in Motion; ISBN: 1596072997; DURATION: 08:07:14; PARTS: 7; Unabridged; FILE SIZE: 234200 KB
Feature Film or tv?: No

SERIES:
J.P. Beaumont Book 3

MAJOR CHARACTERS:
(I was listening rather than reading, so may not have spelled names correctly)
Jonas Piedmont Beaumont-J.P. Beaumont (Beau)—Seattle Washington Detective
Karen – former wife of Beau
Ron Peters—New partner of Beau
Tracy Peters—Daughter of Ron
Heather Peters—Daughter of Ron
Ralph Ames -- Anne's lawyer
Joanna Ridley—Wife of victim
Andy Nguyen—School Counselor
Darwin Ridley—Coach
Bambi--Cheerleader
Molly—Cheerleader

SUMMARY/ EVALUATION:

Was this a racially motivated murder, or something more complicated? J. P. Beaumont and Ron Peters are looking for answers and trusting their instincts—sometimes it’s a good strategy, sometimes it isn’t.
We liked this “episode” also.
I read somewhere that J.A. wrote the first three books of this series on a computer with a publishing program that limited her storage space, and so dictated the length of chapters. I’m looking forward to seeing how more storage space effects the final product. I’ve been content with the chapter lengths and amount of details.

AUTHOR:
J. A. (Judith Ann) Jance -- (born October 27, 1944) "Jance was born in Watertown, South Dakota,[2] and raised in Bisbee, Arizona (the setting for her Joanna Brady series of novels). Before becoming an author, she worked as a school librarian on a Native American reservation (Tohono O'Odham), and as a teacher and insurance agent." – Wikipedia
“J.A. Jance is the New York Times Bestselling author of more than sixty books. Born in South Dakota and raised in Bisbee, Arizona, she and her husband live in the Seattle area with their two longhaired dachshunds, Mary and Jojo.” ---Amazon

NARRATOR:
Gene Engene -- "Gene Engene is an award-winning reader with an astounding catalog of audiobooks to his credit. He is best known as J.P. Beaumont in the J.A. Jance mystery series. Gene is a veteran stage actor, director, and is a retired Professor of Drama at Eastern Washington University." -- Books in Motion

GENRE:
Mystery; Fiction, Police Procedurals; Suspense Thrillers

LOCATIONS:
Seattle and other cities in Washington State

TIME FRAME:
Contemporary (1986)

SUBJECTS:
Murder; police procedure

DEDICATION:
"To Will, who used to be the strong, silent type."

SAMPLE QUOTATION:
From Chapter 1

“I was hung over as hell when Detective Ron Peters and I hit the crime scene at ten after eight on a gray and rainy Seattle Monday morning. Peters, my partner on Seattle P.D.’s homicide squad, was quick to point out that it could have been worse. At least I had some hope of getting better. The black man lying behind the dumpster at the Lower Queen Anne Bailey’s Foods didn’t.
He was dead. Had been for some time. The sickish odor of decaying flesh was thick in the air.
Partially wrapped in a tarp, he lay propped against the loading dock, the whole weight of his body resting on his shoulders, his broad head twisted unnaturally to one side.
The human neck is engineered to turn back and forth and up and down in a multitude of combinations. This wasn’t one of them. I didn’t need the medical examiner’s officer to tell me his neck was broken, but it would require an autopsy to determine if a broken neck was actually the cause of death."

RATING:
4 stars.

STARTED READING – FINISHED READING
4-15-2022 to 4-30-2022 ( )

This third book in the J P Beaumont series is quite an intriguing mystery. It took a turn I was not expecting. A high school coach is murdered, found with rope marks around his neck. Beau and his partner have to dig deep to discover who hated the coach enough to want him dead. In the process, they uncover some other secrets that end up changing the lives of several others. The book has an exciting end, and will undoubtedly spur readers on to the next book. The audio version is superbly performed by Gene Engene who does an excellent job narrating this series. ( )

I high school basketball coach is murdered and JP discovers odd behaviors on the high school campus. ( )

Trial by Fury, is the third in the J. P. Beaumont mystery series based in Seattle. Like a lot of mystery stories, this one depends on some huge coincidences. I dislike that. But overall, it’s cheap easy fun reading. Neither great nor awful. ( )

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