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Summary: Disappointing for a Long-Time Fan
Review: After waiting patiently for years for Jance to produce another Beaumont, I was disappointed at how rushed this novel seemed. The "mysteries" were uninteresting and it seemed that she was trying to tie up loose ends so that she can concentrate on her Joanna Brady series. Jance is a favorite of mine and I plan to keep reading, but I had to agree with those readers who were less than satisified with her results this time around.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: As always an excellent read. J A Jance does police procedurals very well. I recommend both JP Beaumont and JoAnna Brady series - both are excellent. Again as always, read them in order. They are much more satisfying when read that way. The reader can better appreciate the details.
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Summary: An Old Friend Returns.-J. P. Beaumont
Review: As an avid murder mystery reader, I find J. P. Beaumont to be a real page turner. As a Seattle resident who prides herself in knowing all the history of this area, Jance hits the mark with historical accuracy and city legends which makes the reading experience even more fulfilling. We want more J. P. Beaumont.....This book gives us hope as he moves to a new kind of work with the State. Thanks, Jance, I LOVED IT.
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Summary: Worth the Wait!
Review: As Harriet said "Beau is back" and I say it was well worth the wait. This series has it all: a great Seattle setting, the quintessential sensitive male detective, a great mystery, and a great ending, but please don't read this book first if you haven't read the entire series. Go back and read them in order starting with "Until Proven Guilty" and see what all the fuss is about. I think that Jance deserves to be right up there with Sue Grafton and Marcia Muller. The only problem I had with this book was that I read it too fast and it will probably be a long wait until the next one!
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Summary: Is Beau back for the last time?
Review: Beau is back after a long hiatus. It was the worth the wait, but I think Ms. Jance tied up too many loose ends. Jance backed off from details of friends, buried the ashes, and shocked us in the end. Is this the end? I hope not, I prefer Seattle to Arizona.
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Summary: Breach of Duty is tragic
Review: Beau is back for a curtain call! J. A. Jance has given us one more engagement with her aging, changing Seattle Police Department Detective involved not only with a gruesome, unaccountable homicide, some mysterious Native American bones discovered in a new recreation game of war & a partner whose married life is in turmoil. Beau is distracted by his partner's domestic problems & the sudden retirement of their long-time captain. If you haven't read any of Jance's Beaumont books, do start! You will not be disappointed. Always a good read. ........................
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Summary: Breach of Duty is tragic
Review: Beau is back for a curtain call! J. A. Jance has given us one more engagement with her aging, changing Seattle Police Department Detective involved not only with a gruesome, unaccountable homicide, some mysterious Native American bones discovered in a new recreation game of war & a partner whose married life is in turmoil. Beau is distracted by his partner's domestic problems & the sudden retirement of their long-time captain. If you haven't read any of Jance's Beaumont books, do start! You will not be disappointed. Always a good read. ........................
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Summary: Native American giver.
Review: Breach of duty is the story of a disillusioned police detective named, J.P. Beaumont, a male detective from a squad in the Seattle Police Department. Beaumont, besides being a little on the shop-worn side, has a problem with authority, mostly in the form of a newly appointed squad commander jumped up from below Beaumont in seniority. Beaumont also has a reputation as a jinx whose partners seem to get killed with alarming regularity. Does a lot of this sound slightly over-used in recent day crime fiction? Jance, in this novel (as well as in this series, no doubt,) undertakes a degree of difficulty that many writers simply shun. She writes a detective series in the first person of a male central character...In the episode titled Breach Of Duty Vance pushes Beaumont through a number of events that have no special intensity, but the plot surrounding two separate investigations and a goodly dose of Native American mumbo jumbo is intriguing enough in itself to allow for continued interest in spite of the lackluster action. The character of the squad commander comes across as woefully one dimensional, This self serving, untalented martinet who badgers Beaumont's every move is a stick figure antagonist created for the purpose of providing conflict...the author, who never gives us a fully developed image at which to aim our righteous indignation. Beaumont's partner is a woman with two young boys at home and her hostile former husband serves as a wild card in the mix...Breach OF Duty is crime drama for the faithful, but not for the seeker of truly powerful fiction. It does however, manage to keep one reading until one finds out who did what to whom and why. In this fundamental requisite of the mystery genre, Vance does not fail the reader. Even if the events are less than eventful in the story, the author provides the mandatory level of intricacy in the weaving of the plot. I found it quite readable, even though the book lacks depth in places and wants for more engaging action. Gary Souza
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Summary: The Best Ever
Review: Breach Of Duty was the best ever. I cried, laughed & became so attached to the characters. being a native of Seattle I enjoy visiting the landmarks through the book. Please have Beaumont come back. The Beaumont series have been the best ever.
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Summary: Review
Review: Enjoyable thriller, likable main character. Interesting mix of supernatural and mundane.
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